The passions of a Padre, just as with any man,
can scream as loud for justice as those laid quiet
by bullets and people too preoccupied to participate.
There are always those who act in defiance,
welcoming the chance to stand up even as
the world rotates on a much grander scale.
The Black Madonna of Czestochowa.
Saint Mary’s Dawn. Miracles turned to legend.
Or is it, necessarily, vice versa?
R. M. Dolin, 2015
