Companion poem for chapter 6 of the R.M. Dolin novel, "Trophic Cascade"
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We all have emotions
attached to sounds and images.
An unexpected song,
a forgotten photo,
a voice we haven't heard in years.
Memories waiting to be touched.
Love is an instant of clarity
followed by a soothing calm
that empties the world
of everything but you
and your other soul.
Emotions betray
the person we strive to be
quicker than snow covers
the well laid tracks
we’re expected to follow.
Only a trumpet playing Priest
from Venezuela who
attended seminary in Poland
can pull off performing
the Hejnal Mariacki
with Latin passions
in a way that brings
an Italian Bishop to tears.
But that’s the power of
Saint Mary’s Dawn.
Just ask the Mongols
at the gates of Krakow
or the Germans at Monte Cassino.
From the R.M. Dolin novel, “Trophic Cascade.” Padre reveals why Bishop Abbadelli allows him to play in salsa band using the legend of Krakow’s famed Saint Mary’s Dawn.
