Broken 

By Natalie Hudson

How do you cope when your life falls apart,

When you feel like you're plummeting back to the start,

How do you feel when there's nowhere to go,

When you've come to the end of the life that you know,

Where do you go when there's nowhere to turn,

When the lessons life gives aren't ones you can learn,

How do you move on from anguish and pain,

And yet not allow it to happen again,

How do you change from the life that you had, 

To one that does not make you lonely or sad, 

How can you trust, let someone else near, 

How do you overcome the doubts and the fear, 

How do you get past deceit and lies, 

When so much went on in front of your eyes, 

How can you move on and trust again, 

When all you've experienced ended in pain. 

Copyright Natalie Hudson

 Ageing pt. 2.

By Natalie Hudson 

I look in the mirror

Is that a grey hair?

Oh no, it's a white one

Not much difference there

And wrinkles, a few now

Not deep, but a trace

Of time and experience

Etched on my face

It's getting much harder

To keep off the weight

So I have to be conscious

Of what's on my plate

I get out of bed 

Each day when I wake 

And all of my joints 

And my back start to ache

My bladder is not

What it used to be

I have to be quicker

When I need to wee

I can't drink as much 

As I guzzled before

The hangover lasts 

And my head hurts much more

But I feel more at ease

With the thoughts in my mind 

My morals, my ethics

I've not left behind 

So bring on the ageing 

Let's embrace the change

It's happening anyway

It's nothing too strange

 

Copyright Natalie Hudson

 Killer Cretins

By Natalie Hudson

The press call them covidiots

But they don't deserve a name

They should all start to accept the truth

And hang their heads in shame

This virus is a killer

It's been proven, it's a fact

They should pull their heads out of the sand

And learn to deal with that

They fail to socially distance 

They refuse to wear a mask 

It's not because they are exempt 

But people are scared to ask

This virus will infect

And it won't discriminate 

It doesn't care if you're rich or poor 

If you're kind or filled with hate 

This is no time for conspiracies 

To work out where it came from

It's a time for us to pull together 

And get this virus gone

Copyright Natalie Hudson

 

 Pandemic Pause 

By Natalie Hudson

Sitting in my bedroom,

Feeling really bored,

Scrolling through websites,

For things I can't afford,

Listening to music,

Playing lots of games,

Monday turns to Sunday,

And everything's the same,

To save lives, they tell you,

You have to stay at home,

But what of all the people,

Who have to be alone? 

Yes, we know it must be done,

But it won't mean it's not hard,

Especially if you're in a flat,

No garden or a yard,

But stay at home we must,

And stay at home we will,

To stop ourselves from being at risk,

And not make others ill,

So when we've all been stuck indoors,

For however long this lasts,

It won't have been much fun,

And we won't have had a blast,

But we'll have done our level best,

And helped towards the cause,

Of keeping COVID-19 down,

By all staying indoors. 

Copyright Natalie Hudson 

Blue

From Natalie Hudson

I look happy on the outside,

And mostly, that's enough,

But feeling it on the inside,

Is where it gets more tough,

I get up in the morning,

I try to raise a smile,

But really, on the inside,

I want to run a mile,

It takes all of my energy, 

To just get out of bed, 

I find it so much easier, 

To hide away instead, 

Quite frequently I just wish,

That I could disappear,

Climb into a bubble,

And hide from all I fear,

It really gets quite tricky,

To learn to love your brain,

When all it seems to serve you,

Is uncertainty and pain,

Why can't I just be normal,

And think like others do,

Have happy thoughts inside my mind,

And not feel so damn blue,

I really do feel stuck sometimes,

With thoughts that fill my mind,

So negative, so miserable,

And to myself unkind, 

I hope this poem helps people, 

To start to understand, 

That although a smile is on my face, 

My mind is not so grand, 

I really wish this poem, 

Had a positive refrain, 

But I'm afraid that's not the case, 

With what's inside my brain. 

 

                                                                                   Copyright Natalie Hudson