This poem was written by a terminally <br />ill young girl in a New York Hospital. <br />It was sent by a doctor - <br /> <br />* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * <br /> <br />Have you ever watched kids <br />On a merry-go-round? <br />Or listened to the rain <br /> <br />Slapping on the ground? <br />Ever followed a butterfly's erratic <br />flight? Or gazed at the sun into <br />the fading night? <br /> <br />You better slow down. <br />Don't dance so fast. <br />Time is short. <br />The music won't last. <br />Do you run through each day <br />On the fly? <br /> <br />When you ask How are you? <br />Do you hear the reply? <br /> <br /> <br />When the day is done <br />Do you lie in your bed <br />With the next hundred chores <br />Running through your head? <br />You'd better slow down <br />Don't dance so fast. <br />Time is short. <br />The music won't last. <br /> <br />Ever told your child, <br />We'll do it tomorrow? <br />And in your haste, <br />Not see his sorrow? <br /> <br />Ever lost touch, <br />Let a good friendship die <br />Cause you never had time <br />To call and say hi <br />You'd better slow down. <br />Don't dance so fast. <br />Time is short. <br />The music won't last. <br />When you run so fast to get somewhere <br />You miss half the fun of getting there. <br /> <br />When you worry and hurry through your <br />day, It is like an unopened <br />gift.... <br />Thrown away. <br /> <br />Life is not a race. <br />Do take it slower <br />Hear the music <br />Before the song is over.<br /><br />Anonymous Works<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/slow-dance/
