Don't Delete, Can't Delete

My hands dance across the keyboard,

Letters connecting to one another.

Each word makes my heart ache with the yearning for something,

Something I don’t know, something I can’t quite reach.

I don’t delete these letters,

For these letters are mine, they hold a sense of security 

That nothing can truly hold for me.

I keep these words because they are important.

I don’t want to live without the possibility of touching someone's heart.

A single sentence could save someone.

With these words, I am strong.

With these letters, I am myself.

When I write poetry, it feels natural to me,

My thoughts are scattered, but I can’t delete.

I won’t delete.

I will save each word as if I were saving a life.

A combination of letters will give me an emotion that is not tangible,

Maybe I will give someone that feeling one day.

So I write and write,

And I don’t delete, and I can’t delete.