Posted By: Suzanne (reka dava, reka bere...) on 'Poetry' Title: Little poem about life Date: Mon Dec 4 10:07:26 2000 POEM OF LIFE Please read all of this, and the closing statement after the poem...... This is a sweet but sad little message. Slow Dance Have you ever watched kids On a merry-go-round? Or listened to the rain sleeping 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. (I received this poem in a kind of a chainletter but the poem itself is surely worth of reading.) - no risk, no fun - SuE