Saturday, May 9, 2020

Refusal . . .


If you've ever been party to creating a thing
That's yours all alone; to your being it rings.
Sometimes it appears that it's never quite right
But you'd fight to the last just to bring it to light.

At the time that you're adding the finishing touches
You notice the edges contain several smudges.
But your time and commitment negate a recusal.
There's simply no stopping it. Just no refusal.


Won't
©2020 Raymond M. Jozwiak
(demo recording-in-progress)

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Friday, May 8, 2020

Small . . .


. . . VERY small . . .

(from https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-twitter-rant-against-lincoln-project-s-mourning-america-ncna1200881)
". . . At 1 a.m., you hope your president is asleep, getting ready for the next day's challenges. Trump, though, wasn't on Tuesday. And that is because he is a small man for whom American lives and economic fortunes are a distant second to his own ego. . ."






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Thursday, May 7, 2020

Gone . . .



Can too much be said of the deep satisfaction
of making a song out of nothing?
Some don't understand such ethereal concepts
Or even acknowledge this one thing.

Expressing oneself through music, to me
Is a personal, joyous obsession.
I'm simply compelled and how long will I do it?
'Til I'm gone, if that's really your question.




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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

First . . .

. . . demo of Until I Tried


Words are all that I have to express
All the things I would like to be able to tell you
But don't quite know how.
Couldn't before and still can't do it now.
During all of this time that's transpired
Little's changed but a lot has occurred in my thoughts
And my feelings for you.
Countless superior intellects have searched for answers.
I never gave it a whole lot of thought.

Until I tried
To let you know how much I feel inside
For you.

I have always believed that it's true .
Very few things I'll ever encounter will be quite
s precious as you.
The magic between us so rare and so new.
Though I'm not one of those that you find
Who has always the need to express to so many
Exactly what he has in mind.
I find I have this burning that's deep down inside me
For words I never needed before.

I can't imagine ever having my life depend upon eloquence
And maybe it doesn't.
But after all this time together it seems long overdue.
And in the end it probably doesn't make a difference in how you feel
If I never say it.

Now I'm daily rehearsing the way
To articulate every syllable nuance
And stress when I say
How much I need to have you here today.
And I won't give it up easily
I suspect that it's just as important to you
As it is now to me.
The words we use themselves have no meaning.
So all the more must I make it right.

Now that I try
To let you know how much I feel  inside.
Until I tried
To let you know how much I feel inside
for you.


Until I Tried
©2007 Raymond M. Jozwiak
(rough, low-fi demo for copyright purposes)


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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Trying . . .


Words are all that I have to express
All the things I would like to be able to tell you
But don't quite know how.
Couldn't before and still can't do it now.
During all of this time that's transpired
Little's changed but a lot has occurred in my thoughts
And my feelings for you.
Countless superior intellects have searched for answers.
I never gave it a whole lot of thought.

Until I tried
To let you know how much I feel inside
For you.

I have always believed that it's true .
Very few things I'll ever encounter will be quite
s precious as you.
The magic between us so rare and so new.
Though I'm not one of those that you find
Who has always the need to express to so many
Exactly what he has in mind.
I find I have this burning that's deep down inside me
For words I never needed before.

I can't imagine ever having my life depend upon eloquence
And maybe it doesn't.
But after all this time together it seems long overdue.
And in the end it probably doesn't make a difference in how you feel
If I never say it.

Now I'm daily rehearsing the way
To articulate every syllable nuance
And stress when I say
How much I need to have you here today.
And I won't give it up easily
I suspect that it's just as important to you
As it is now to me.
The words we use themselves have no meaning.
So all the more must I make it right.

Now that I try
To let you know how much I feel  inside.
Until I tried
To let you know how much I feel inside
for you.


Until I Tried
©2015 Raymond M. Jozwiak
from Just More Music

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Monday, May 4, 2020

Super . . .


Should every man yield to the yearning unashamed
Without hypocrisy and wastefulness;
Squander the strength he’s been endowed with;
Feign superiority as tunnel vision’s all he sees?

I’m trying to develop a superman;
Dionysus evolving into perfect humanity.

Gadding about helping each other get along
Won’t make us build the kind of man I see.
Inferiors are weak copies of betters
Printed on bad paper from old and worn-out plates now gone.

Selection, survivors mastering;
Bettering the species, irrespective of
Everything you’ve ever learned
About what’s right or wrong.

You hear the word, you’re quoting scripture that you learned
Originating from a deity.
But should that motivate your actions?
Such self-serving rewarding scheme.
Yours or mine, that’s what both seem.


Superman
©2020 Raymond M. Jozwiak
(more 'under-construcion' music)


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Sunday, May 3, 2020

Intelligence? . . .




(from https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/presidents-intelligence-briefing-book-repeatedly-cited-virus-threat/2020/04/27/ca66949a-8885-11ea-ac8a-fe9b8088e101_story.html)
". . . U.S. intelligence agencies issued warnings about the novel coronavirus in more than a dozen classified briefings prepared for President Trump in January and February, months during which he continued to play down the threat, according to current and former U.S. officials. . . The repeated warnings were conveyed in issues of the President’s Daily Brief, a sensitive report that is produced before dawn each day and designed to call the president’s attention to the most significant global developments and security threats. . . the alarms appear to have failed to register with the president, who routinely skips reading the PDB and has at times shown little patience for even the oral summary he takes two or three times per week . . . "





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