Slow Dance

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Slow Dance

(Anonymous Work)



This poem was written by a terminally

ill young girl in a New York Hospital.

It was sent by a doctor -



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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.

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