Completely

That’s how it is; all-consuming

And all fulfilling in the self-same breath

Because

Love is never

Half-the-way

It’s an all or nothing life or death

Can only half a flower bloom?

Has half-a-sun ever risen?

I cannot love

Only half of you

It’s just that way

My darling

Love is not a thing we hold then discard

In search of something better or new

Love simply ‘is’

For better and worse

Not something

We own or ‘do’

And should you ever have cause to wonder

When minor loves demand my care

I beg of you

To remember

My love for you

Is always there

To love you only half-the way

Is to settle for halves

In every day

I could never settle for

Half a kiss

Darling, that’s just the way love is

© Janet Martin

It's Just That Way...Alan Jackson