I used to write a lot a fews years back. I had a number of poems and short stories that I wrote mostly just for me as I never really shared my writing with people. All that stuff was unfortunately lost in what I refer to as the great computer crash of '02. Everything on my hard drive was wiped clean and I had no copies anywhere else. Unfortunately there may be times when my cynicism becomes a little overbearing in my writing, but I try to keep it in check.