Slow Dance

[XRIMO]

*Just a note, this was not written by me. Apparently it was written by a young girl with cancer, I received it from a chain e-mail sent by my aunt. Though I think the poem is quite nice, I thought I would share.

SLOW DANCE

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short..
The music won't last.


Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask "How are you?"
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done do you lie in your bed
with the next hundred chores running through your head?
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Ever told your child, 'we'll do it tomorrow?'
and in your haste, not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch, let a good friendship die
because you never had time To call and say,'Hi'
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last..

When you run so fast to get somewhere,
you miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
it is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower.
Hear the music, before the song is over.

[OrphanPip]

It's cute, has a pop song sensibility to it. I doubt it was actually written by someone dying of cancer though.

[unclosedjd]

... I doubt it was actually written by someone dying of cancer though.

I would have to agree normally anything that comes in an email chain isn't what it says it is. Still i liked it.

[azulai]

A chain letter? Poor you, X. :tongue:

I thinks it's a beautiful poem. Thanks for posting it. I like its message.

[Waylon777]

Wow... This is really insightful!