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It Only Takes One

Posted: January 10, 2025 in #poetry, Poetry
Tags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #musician, #poetry, #songwriter

Given Paradise
Everything you could dream of and more
The depths of oceans
Black holes and galaxies to explore.
Wonders of nature
And to finally know about quantum states.
All the time in the world
For a trillion minds to love and create.

Money in the bank
A college degree or two plastered on his wall.
Didn’t take that much
Before we were watching Humpty Dumpty fall.
Facing gravity
All that time holding the smoking gun
Late to realize
How quickly he was counting back to one.

You found your soul mate
Through years of pain and bad advice.
Manipulation,
From people that just don’t want to ‘play nice’….
Now your wedding date
Written in song and stone for all to see.
Becomes nothing more
Than another failed search for a bride to be.

How many people does it take
to really fuck things up?
To ruin a good party
or blow things apart?
How many does it take
For things to come undone?
Turns out, not that many.
It Only Takes One.

With a perfect plan
Everybody’s ready and willing to go.
The execution
Left a lot to be desired don’t you know?
No competition
No enemy trying to destroy what you made.
Reaching for the sun
Your only shot you just threw away.

How many people does it take to fuck things up?
To ruin a good party or blow things apart?
How many does it take for things to come undone?
Turns out, not many. It Only Takes One.

Given Paradise
Everything you could dream of and more.
The depths of oceans
Black holes and galaxies to explore.
Wonders of nature
And to finally know about quantum states.
All the time in the world
For a trillion minds to love and create.

It Only Takes One

It Only Takes One

The Border MSK 2020

Posted: January 7, 2025 in #poetry, Poetry, Poetry POD
Tags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter

The house I bought had no real yard at all. It was just a small plot but had open properties next to it. Over the years my wife and I would spend the weekends clearing the brush and vines. When the land became available we purchased it to make it official.

There were a number of small irregular sections of land all smashed together so we decided to have a survey done to see what we actually owned. They located most of the original property markers and updated all of them. They put small orange flags in the ground everywhere to mark the border line. So I walked to each flag as I walked around our true property line for maybe the first time.

MIDIMike

The Artist AND the Buyer MSK 2021

Posted: December 31, 2024 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
Tags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter

Here is to my realization that I am the only one that ‘values’ my original songs, poems, videos and projects. So I am the Artist and the Buyer of my own material.

I just can’t write songs about – boy meets girl and says, ‘let’s dance all night’. Or songs where the words repeat over and over (and over). I just don’t have it in me, even if that is where all the money seems to be.

MIDIMike

The Answer MSK 2018

Posted: December 24, 2024 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
Tags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter

Frustration again at social barriers that are so…… ancient. So last millennia. Why do we still let the old-world patterns control us as ‘civilized’ people?

Faith and religion have been hijacked by men with a vision of greed, power and indifference. The rich seem to believe they are wealthy because they are special and deserve it, and that is also why YOU are poor. And so it continues.

MIDIMike

Test of Time MSK 2020

Posted: December 17, 2024 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
Tags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter

An internal glimpse again of the music industry. Eight letters, sharps and flats; math in motion. Creation after creation makes you happy but after so many they start to feel the same as all the others.

MIDIMike

Tera to Pico MSK 1981

Posted: December 10, 2024 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
Tags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter

I consider the – blunt force trauma – concept of going from having more than you will ever need to absolutely nothing.

We can feel safe, strong and invincible in our little worlds as long as we aren’t challenged! Often we are not as strong when faced with the real tests in life, as we have become to see ourselves.

MIDIMike

Stop to Start Again MSK 1980

Posted: December 3, 2024 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
Tags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter

So many people out there are just trying to live their lives with family and in their communities continue to face the impossible. Culture, traditions, cast or class, put up barriers we can’t even see.

We find ourselves crushed by the gravity of the past we did not make. When failure is all but certain, we need to find the energy to stop.

And then start all over again until we get it right.

MIDIMike

Step Outside MSK 2016

Posted: November 26, 2024 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
Tags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter

Introspection can be a bitch. It is difficult to learn you are a bigger jerk than the people you complain about all the time. But with a quick change of perspective, you can learn how others see your actions – but without your reasons. Your ‘reasons’ are just excuses that are just as lame as everyone else’s.

MIDIMike

Something to Say MSK

Posted: November 19, 2024 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
Tags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter

I just like the attitude of this song. A quick look at some of the personalities and traits I run into a lot. It is easy to make a mess and say the world is against you and life is so unfair.

Tune up your guitars so they are ready when you are. If someone asks me if I’m ready to play, I will always be able to say, ‘yes’. (But I’m really more of an engineer than a player!)

MIDIMike

Red on Your Blue Suede Shoes MSK CDK 1980

Posted: November 12, 2024 in #poetry, My Tunes, Poetry, Poetry POD
Tags: #lyrics, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #music, #musician, #personal, #podcasts, #poem, #poet, #poeticadvice, #poetry, #poetrypod, #singersongwriter, #songwriter

Inspired by The Who concert in Cincinnati, Ohio where eleven people were crushed to death in a stampede to get inside for ‘theater seating’ once the doors had opened. I wanted to go but did not have that kind of money back then. I am sure some people tried to stop and help. Some may have died trying. Either way, the promoters got their money, so they don’t mind.

MIDIMike