*This is not finished but I'm going to publish it anyway. I plan to go back and edit. Not sure when, but let that emotion flow. I used to avoid writing purely about love And talked about self discovery instead But if an emotion swarms over thereof Then what am I but what I dread. When you texted me that night I was half asleep Abruptly woken, I thought "This is strange." I didn't expect what to come would make me weep To the dead of night I detested the turn of change. Perhaps it was better not Now I know you and I know pain Making the most of us, to lose and to gain. ----- Try changing the third stanza. Perhaps the couplet will make more sense then? If I could have chosen to remain/ change verb Had I not known you indeed do love me My departure would have been a breeze Had you been sober and Our memory could easily be left to freeze. Had I not known we could have had been My departure would have been a breeze Had you been sober a...