Daily grind is right
Darkness falls and rises
Out of percolator 
Into belly stuck on ache
Work tracks play repeat
Commute, beat wild heat
Rising to neck ignored 
Cool all the way home.

A rinse cycle of aqua
Barely cleanses racing
Rabbit thoughts chased
By greyhounds the second
Head hits pillow
Worst-case first out the gate.

All my defences lie
In gentle apparition 
Hovers above me
Her curls fall on face
Limbs wriggle 
Flashes of teeth, eyes
Giggles, legs, hands, waist.

As long as she's alive
Hope thrives disparagingly 
Mocking my love life-raft 
Drops of memory 
Onto tongue like a hack
Apothecary of mind
Brain cells a bee hive
Craving honey