Once not to long ago

Receiving a letter

Would be the cause for great excitement

May be it was letter

From a far away friend

A brother, a sister

Or a scented letter of love

The words where always hungrily read

And savoured

Letters where often saved long after

the relationship had ended

But now mail has been replaced by email

What once took up to a week

Is now measured in seconds

While the words might be the same

The magic that bought the words to life

So that they danced upon the page

Is no longer there?

They are now read

And maybe saved?

But then automatically deleted

After only thirty days

I always like to send and recieve a traditional one... true, words written look pretty much the same but to write it down on a piece of paper, it requires more work.. more effort and dedication rather than quickly type it

what I dont like is the cost of stamps and walking to the post office hehehe

Yes.....and you cant use spell check is a pain