Slow Dance

Took this of a book i was reading. I have reread on  portion of it many times and I hope you will do the same. Here it is.

Slow Dance

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


Times is short.
The music won't last.


Do you run through each day
On the fly?


When you ask: How are you?
Do 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.