Slow Dance

This is written by a teenage girl who is soon to leave the world due to cancer. As her dying wish she wants as many people as possible to live their lives to the fullest since she never will...

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 in to 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 better slow down don't dance so fast,
Time is short,
The music won't last.
Ever told you're 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's like an unopened gift,
Thrown away.
Life is not a race,
Do take it slower,
Hear the music,
Before the song is over...

Thank you x