Slow Dance

[Timothy Gega]

Slow Dance<o:p></o:p>
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Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round,<o:p></o:p>
Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?<o:p></o:p>
Have you ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight,<o:p></o:p>
Or gazed at the Sun into the fading night?<o:p></o:p>
You better slow down, don’t dance so fast.<o:p></o:p>
Time is short, the music won’t last.<o:p></o:p>
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Do you run through each day and on the fly?<o:p></o:p>
When you ask, “How are you,” Do you hear the reply?<o:p></o:p>
When the day is done do you lie in your bed,<o:p></o:p>
With the next hundred chores running through your head?<o:p></o:p>
You’d better slow down. Don’t dance so fast. <o:p></o:p>
Time is short, the music won’t last.<o:p></o:p>
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Ever told your child, “We’ll do it tomorrow,”<o:p></o:p>
And in your haste, not see their sorrow?<o:p></o:p>
Have you ever lost touch and let a friendship die,<o:p></o:p>
Cause you never had time to call and say, “Hi”?<o:p></o:p>
You’d better slow down. Don’t dance so fast. <o:p></o:p>
Time is short, the music won’t last. <o:p></o:p>
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When you run so fast to get somewhere, <o:p></o:p>
You miss half the fun of getting there.<o:p></o:p>
When you worry and hurry through your busy day,<o:p></o:p>
It’s like an unopened gift you’ve just thrown away.<o:p></o:p>
Life is not a race, please do take it slower,<o:p></o:p>
Hear the music and dance before this song is over.<o:p></o:p>
You’d better slow down, don’t dance so fast. <o:p></o:p>
Time is short, the music won’t last.<o:p></o:p>
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(Original Author Unknown): <o:p></o:p>
This poem was written by a terminally ill, young girl<o:p></o:p>
in a New York hospital with only 6 months left to live. As her dying wish <o:p></o:p>
she wanted to send a message to others about living life to its fullest.<o:p></o:p>
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(Some lines were changed for a smoother rhyme.)<o:p></o:p>
©2007 Tim Gega <o:p></o:p>
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