In the Shadows of Art History

 
In the shadows where time undos,
a Professor of arts, with eyes shining,
revealing secrets from a dark past
where brushes and paints hide the cold.
 
Frames whispering pain stories
of artists lost in an eternal torpor.
Colors that bleed, forms that scream
on each screen, souls that stir.
 
The room darkens, the silence is deadly.
The Professor mutters an infernal tale
of a painter who sold his soul to the devil
to create works of an ineffable terror.
 
Fates weave cruel destination wires
while the Furies dance in a carousel
of revenge and coldness, of hate and fear.
Bringing to life an old horror.
 
Students tremble, their hearts speed up,
while ghosts of old masters expect
in the shadows and figures begin to move.
The Professor smiles, ready to teach and terrify.