Don't Dance So Fast

  • Have you ever watched kids
    On a merry-go-round
    Or listened to the rain
    lapping 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.
  • Nice job, rblackstripes! What a pretty poem. Thanks!