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In Summary

Posted: May 28, 2022 in Poetry
Tags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #musician, #personal, #poetry, #songwriter

Life on the outside is cruel and often mean.
Life on the inside can be what you make it to be.
You have more than I do and it’s still not enough.
If someone ‘wants you’, you think that they’re in love.

I find the simple pleasures we share
Can provide the answers for hope and prayer.
Literally, just stop and face the other way
We see so much clearly in the light of day.

In Summary;
There’s a bunch of things I haven’t done yet.
In Summary;
Far too many things I’ve learned to regret.
In Summary;
The important ones I try not to forget.
In Summary;
I’m not a gambler
But there were many times
I should have placed my bet.

The difference between the haves and the have-nots
Or more like the players that miss all the free shots.
Learn to appreciate everything that goes toward the Sum
I’ve gotten old and slow, but I’ve never been dumb.

“Snap”

Posted: May 14, 2022 in My Tunes, Poetry
Tags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #personal, #poem, #poet, #poetry, #songwriter

I hear the beat when nothing is around.
Can’t help but imitating life’s unusual sound.
I would gladly show anyone what I have found
The tempo changes come from underground.

It’s not a pattern if it doesn’t flow.
Soon watch your feet and hands begin moving from fast to slow.
No way to see it if you don’t already know
But stand still long enough you will feel it grow.

The first thing I learned was how to snap.
Didn’t take me long ‘til I had the knack.
Walkin down the street or wakin’ from a nap,
My life has always been a musical soundtrack.

From the solid ground comes a roar like thunder.
I can never wake from the spell I am under.
Once I can open my eyes they are full of wonder
Let’s escape this world that has been plundered.

From there everything comes into play.
Someone writes a musical out of the things you say.
I would like to think we could leave it for another day
But you and I know it will never go away.

The first thing I learned was how to snap.
Didn’t take me long ‘til I had the knack.
Walkin down the street or wakin’ from a nap,
My life has always been a really long soundtrack.

Update on Red Tail Hawks BD

Posted: May 13, 2022 in Photography
Tags: #hawks, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #nikon, #personal, #photographer, #photography, #redtailedhawk, #wildlife

If I walk out in my yard and stand at just the right place I can get a fairly clear shot of the hawk’s nest.

Once I got as close as I can get and focused in I can see that there are two babies in the nest. So it looks like they had twins.

I took a bunch of pictures as they are so cute even if far away. I will not post them all of course, but there are still a ton.

“Good Enough”

Posted: May 7, 2022 in family, My Tunes, Poetry
Tags: #divorce, #life, #lyrics, #marriage, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #personal, #poetry, #relationships, #songwriter

When we started there wasn’t much.
Hand-me-downs and used furniture were better than the nothing we had.
So many odds and ends and things we didn’t really need
But it was “Good Enough”.

Nothing went smooth, some pretty rough.
Cars breaking down on the way to work and no money to get it fixed.
Opportunities we missed cause I couldn’t afford enough gas.
But we did “Good Enough”.

Slowly we could save for simple stuff.
Little things here and there for a smile – something delicious or pretty.
The children got something even when there was nothing to give.
And we felt “Good Enough”.

The next decade wasn’t so tough.
Most things happened so fast even now I can’t remember it all.
Friends come and go while family is always too far away
I hope its “Good Enough”.

And in an instant it became insanely clear;
Our plans and efforts weren’t Good Enough.
At the time when the end of the road is near
It turns out nothing we did was “Good Enough”.

When we started there wasn’t much.
Hand-me-downs and used furniture were better than the nothing we had.
So many odds and ends and things we didn’t really need
But it was “Good Enough”.

And in an instant it became insanely clear;
Our plans and efforts weren’t Good Enough.
At the time when the end of the road is near
It turns out nothing we did was “Good Enough”.