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Slow dance

I read this poem in a mail that was actually a hoax. But its a good poem
nonetheless.



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

'Cause 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.

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