saturday morning poem

this was sent to me as a 'pass it on' email.  it is a poem written by a teenage girl with terminal cancer who wanted as many people as possible to read it.  she wanted to remind people to live life to the fullest, because we often forget, time is short.


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'd 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 you haste
not see his sorrow?

ever lost touch
let a relationship 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's like an unopened gift
thrown away.

Life is not a race.

Do take it slower.

Hear the music,

before the song is over.