My Favorite Poems: Slow Dance

Day 170 (Written Wednesday May 30) ~ Lately my life has been a little hectic, a little frantic, and as I told my mom, seems to be stuck on fast forward. With that being the case, the timing of this poem couldn’t be better. Perhaps you can relate. 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.