This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
It was sent by a medical doctor.
SLOW DANCEHave 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.
This poem is not just another 'emo-poem' that was written by someone who was dying. Look at the words, look through them. Dont they seem so familiar? I mean, hasnt the pattern of our lives been described up there? I always complain, "There's so much to do! but so little time!" and dearest yu ting jie will say: "there's only 24 hours a day, and its the same everyday!" How true. Come to think of it, I've lost out so much, lost out the beauty of this world, from little things like the arrival of the day, to the possible friendships i could've forged. just because, I danced this life too fast. The world gets faster each day, info travels at light speed, and we, seem to be in pursuit of such speed. for what may i ask? wouldnt it be an endless cycle, one that seems to get faster by the day? sad to say, im a victim of it.
anywayssss... i hope im not in for the work shadowing thing!! because i wanna work. so that i will have $ to go cambodia.hee. but actually im not even sure whether my mum will allow. well. we'll take one step at a time!
ahhh!!! promos promos promos!!!!
10:19 PM
blessed.
