Ronnie McGinn's Poetry Page

If we have an aim in life we are more likely to hit the right mark, even if at times we are amused at some of our sanctimonious fantasies; without a target we are, in a personal sense of achievement, cancelling our presence. In writing poetry, we have everything, purpose, target and completion.

It is two years since we last published a poem by Joe Mullen. At the time I stated he dared to be different, his poem this week enhances my point of view.

Dealing with the complexities of the human psych is something we generally leave to psychotherapists and analysts but few people on this planet can have a more 'hands on experience' with human emotions and all its side effects and complications, than Joe Mullen. Yet Joe writes with all the rationality and maturity that is worthy of a true philosopher.

Joseph T. Mullen of West Street, New York is a Private Investigator, a good family man with a family business, his history is the stuff of legends. To quote The New York Times, "Joe Mullen is not any Private Eye. He is the one who did the Trump case, the Mike Tyson case, worked for Johnny Carson and Linda Lavin".

ANGER

It comes without warning,
like an early hot summer storm ...
And departs with a whimper,
yet it leaves behind its wake ...
ill feeling, unsettling,
personal damage ..... on both sides,
How do you prepare for its onslaught?
Was there a hint of its coming?
Anger rides the top wave
and kindness sits in a reflecting pool...
What can we do ....
for ourselves and for others?
Apologize, explain our side,
forget situations, walk away or
Maybe step back and reflect ....
Think of the Good Times ...
Was it worth it?
Life is short ....
Love is strong ...
Think about it!

© Joseph T. Mullen