' PHANTOM OF THE SOUL '

What a carnival was it, a pure delight of all senses

the whole days and nights long, most mesmerizing

to the thunderous tunes of a heavenly symphony

of the Sun's rays followed by displays from the stars

What a carnival was it, endless music and dance

on our motherly Earth and in the fatherly Heavens

and what we didn't know on far away beautiful planets

in different parts of the Universe, where life flourished

What a carnival was it, from a Danish Fastelavn

via the outburst of joy and dance in Rio de Janeiro

to the Carnival of Venice, a masquerade with masks

from Bauta and Arlecchino masks, to Zanni masks

What a carnival was it, all stars danced with frenzy

and the symphony of the skies played days and nights

the greatest musical masterpieces of all times

from Beethoven to Mozart, to Bach, to Dostojevsky

What a carnival was it, all the phantoms together

Phantom of the Day and Phantom of the Night

Phantom of the Opera and Phantom of the Music

Phantom of Life, of Heart, of Desire, of Love

What a carnival was it, with Phantom of the Soul

taking stage finally, the phantom of my own soul

scintillating as never before to the stunning rhythms

of the skies passing far above my dreaming head

What a carnival was it, me singing and dancing

all the day and all the night, and again, and again

The Phantom of the Soul, of my own sparkling soul

singing most to the tunes of the heavenly symphony

' PHANTOM OF THE SOUL ' by Thaddeus Hutyra

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