CARAVAGGIO'S  SECRET WORLD
(1571-1610)

Light from the dawn
falls straight along the stairs
into colors and tears
as clearly  cut sculpted prayer
and plainsong
transforms art into a masterpiece
of "St. Francis  of Assisi
in Ecstasy"
as you met what electrified
your life by your painting
without, purity , piety or pity,
he will soon add up the once divide
between art and architecture
covering his eye visions
with a part of camera obscura
that Hockney later identified
as a way of fearful insight
into Caravaggio's secret world
as hiding moments turned art
from a fresco's bright dawning
as the remnant of curtains fall
drawing in the fearful easel
of an artist's mature years.