Monday, September 04, 2006

Dont dance so fast

(One of the email fwds I received - a poem written by a teenager suffering from Cancer. Its beautiful na!)

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.

*****
sighhh I seem to take my life much slower as it is....
psst I thought Ill reduce the frequency of my posts. Will it work! mmm....
By the way this blogspot enters its 3rd year in action this September :-)

3 comments:

Sanjana said...

T, check this out
http://sanjusays.blogspot.com/2006/04/slow-dance.html

u n i think along the same lines huh?!

Tamanna said...

oh yes!! I had this feeling that I had seen this somewhere b4 but couldnt recall where. it WAS on ur blog :-D
but we do think alike :-D

*~mad munky~* said...

true...i think i go quite slowly too! but it's a wise thought - to make the most of every moment and really live it :o)

look at this year - september already!!! even my 3 month trip to Canada feels like it was a lifetime ago..