Martin WardleyMay 41 minCruel clicheHe tries to make ends meet He tries to salvage pride He tries to stay afloat He tries to stay alive He wears another layer He eats what...
Martin WardleyApr 271 minSobriety?The calming, steady hand of sobriety For days and weeks and months Holds and comforts Soothes and cools Dilutes the cruel Guiding the...
Martin WardleyApr 211 minThe DaleThe bronzen dale lay bathed Lit gold by the late-day sun Wonderfully, Gloriously swathed While the light warns of night-time to come The...
Martin WardleyApr 141 minNowt that can’t be mendedHis broken heart won’t mend But he’s laying down foundations To simply walk again With lowered expectations One foot before the next Is...
Martin WardleyApr 141 minRiskRisk sits in twisted conflict With safe secured stability She elicits wondrous opportunity And delicious possibility Permitting dreams to...
Martin WardleyMar 301 minThe ego of menWhen the ego of men Time and again Take hold of their actions And souls There’s no place to hide And little respite When the outcome of...
Martin WardleyMar 231 minBenightedThe words on a wind whisper in Voices familiar herein Of family, friends and of home Who trouble the blood and the bone These companions...
Martin WardleyMar 201 minEye to eyeBobble-hatted football-coaching Shouting from the side-lines Lucky socks in howling gales And dismal, calamitous score-lines From whence...
Martin WardleyMar 201 minWarmthI buttoned my coat to the cold As the man of God spoke his words Words lost to the wind whipping in Words lost to the incoming rain As...
Martin WardleyFeb 171 minDisappointmentIt didn’t quite happen I didn’t quite make it I wasn’t nearly fast enough I wasn’t nearly good enough I didn’t possess the skills I...
Martin WardleyFeb 131 minMinging and PricelessMinging and priceless Miserable and precious Frozen and warming Repetitive and transforming Draining and fulfilling Focused and thrilling...
Martin WardleyFeb 131 minDecisions & ActionsHe told me of our fate She impressed on me to cogitate: By decisions and by actions We fall or we will elevate To hide our lies may tempt...
Martin WardleyFeb 131 minLayer of LiesWanton Fabrication Gross manipulation Clearly exploitation Under watchful eyes Just another layer of lies Clear misrepresentation Driving...
Martin WardleyFeb 131 minExcessExcess which breeds excess The more without the less A joyous brawl at best At worst desire to be addressed Pointless resolution To...
Martin WardleyFeb 131 minThe ladderThe ladder leaning lonely ‘Gainst the whitewashed wall Leads purposefully to nowhere Nowhere at all Like a solitary elder statesman...
Martin WardleyFeb 131 minNew YearNew now to you and new to me too New for the many, new for the few New way to reconcile, new way to view New time to measure the lies and...
Martin WardleyFeb 131 minA highland bar of noteLike a relationship neglected It was just as I suspected Once rekindled it would be As if it never skipped a beat These walls bleed deep...
Martin WardleyFeb 131 minBreakHaving a breather Taking a break Downing tools Away from the ignorance of fools A little respite A short sojourn Rest n recoup Rise from...
Martin WardleyFeb 131 minSeasons TurnRusty trees And ochre leaves Denuded boughs And fading greens Yellows, reds And those between Seasons turn While Summer flees An icy...
Martin WardleyNov 10, 20211 minIt’s not what I doIt’s not what I do It’s what I am It’s not the metrics The measurements The likes or the streams It’s not these gorgeous, gorged Or...