Sunday, February 15, 2009

Slow Dance (Poem)

The following poem is claimed to be written by a seriously ill young girl and that the American Cancer Society will donate money to help the child every time the message is forwarded. Although this is a “charity hoax mail” (see http://www.hoax-slayer.com/slow-dance.html) that has been circulated for several years, I still find the poem itself makes sense and reproduce here as Food for Thought.

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.

2 Comments:

At 7:14 AM , Blogger G. Silveira Cravo said...

Hi, Tai-Onn!

I enjoyed reading this poem. It's sad, sad, but true!

I'll post it on my blogs, mif you don't mind.

Miss your words.

Abraços!

 
At 11:05 PM , Blogger taionn said...

Not at all. I really look high upon your keen interest in poems.

Life is short, do enjoy time and companionship with your beloved ones..........

 

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