Wonderful poem. The lines 'The writing teaches me not to complain,/The writing teaches me to filter words before saying,' really appeal to me. I can relate to that immensely since I too write, and overall I must say, this poem in its totality is what is always on my mind when it comes tot thinking about writing and its nature. This line: 'Convert the stored feelings into written words' is such a perfect partial definition for poetry. Thank you for this poem, and well done!

PS: If you are interested and have some spare time, I have some poetry on my blog too. :)