The
challenge is to write a fic where someone discovers this poem and sends it to
someone else. Then tell us how the recipient reacted to getting it. Can be any
length and any rating!
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.
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.
Let the ink
flow and the brilliance grow!