(written by an 8yrs.old girl, dying from leukemia)

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.