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.

By David L. Weatherford

About the author


David L. Weatherford is a child psychologist with published poems in "Chicken Soup for the Soul". If you wish to read more of his work you can do so at www.davidlweatherford.com