Delice Arleen Skelly Poet Ode

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Caravaggio's Heartbeat

Heart and art are very closely aligned
My heartbeat accelerates when I view
The artist's canvas so carefully primed
Renaissance art drives emotions askew
Breathless admiration, Caravaggio 
Not one brushstroke out of faithful place
His art is verbal, painful to behold
Whom did he owe his mighty talent to?
Time has not managed his art to erase
Agony and pain on canvas unfold.

Duomo is silent the shade quite profound
Atmosphere intense with shadows of past 
My footsteps ring clear when walking around
Time's worth never lost in shade of years cast
Painting sublime not aged in any way  
Breathless eyes water: pain beyond measure   
Years recede quickly as I contemplate   
Impossible, to tear oneself away   
Intense quick moment at one with treasure  
Transformed in instant as I concentrate.

Votive light flickering a special place
Dancing shadows across the chapel floor
Caravaggio's art won't be erased
His art is eternal he does endure
Renaissance allure always immortal
One look, so undone, my emotions flayed
Tears flow freely at splendid endeavour
As I am whisked through times open portal
The painting ignites prayer so I prayed
My empathic feeling never severed.





Information:John the Baptist was painted at least eight times by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610).


Pixabay image by:Lolame

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