Heart and Soul

This next poem wrote in 1996 was directly inspired by Heart and Soul
by Joy Division.

Going back through these pieces, what I didn't realise was how long
I'd been into Joy Division or indeed how long I have been writing about them for,

Guess with me been from Stretford where Ian lived in at one point, it was only
natural I started so young.

Nothing seems real to me anymore.

Not a thing.

No nothing.

I look out of the window

And look at the outside world.

Nothing looks so clear

And yet so unreal.

I have music blazing

In the background

Ian Curtis

Joy Division

Screaming out their own harse

Dark images of Manchester.

I can hear my Dad

Turning up his TV

As loud as possible.

The news is on

Some maniac is on the loose

Butchering people

In some quite horrific way

Nothing seems real to me.

I look out of my window

Out there

At the outside world

What other crimes

Are happening right now?

More rapes?

More murders?

More robberies?

No wonder

Nothing seems real to me

My room is so quiet

Deathly quiet

I don’t know any criminals

Looking out of my window

It is no wonder I feel cut off.

It is no wonder I feel alone

It is no wonder I feel weird

It is no wonder I feel

The way I do

Heart and soul

Heart and Soul

Laughing at creation

Heart and Soul