Slow Dance....
@teresatrotter (4073)
Jacksonville, Florida
November 29, 2016 10:35pm CST
Poem written by: David L. Weatherford
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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.
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4 responses
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
30 Nov 16
This poem was NOT written by a 'terminally ill teenager'. The author is actually David L. Weatherford. It has been circulating via email and social media for some time as a hoax claiming that forwarding the email will somehow raise funds for the American Cancer Society.
It may be a good poem but circulating it with false information, as can easily be checked, can only do harm.
Email forward that features a poem called “Slow Dance” claims that the poem was written by a seriously ill young girl and that the American Cancer Society will donate money to help the …
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
30 Nov 16
I guess you can't believe claims like that.
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@teresatrotter (4073)
• Jacksonville, Florida
1 Dec 16
@IreneVincent -still nice poem.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
30 Nov 16
I have read this poem before. I didn't realize that it was written by a terminally ill teenager. SAD. It's a really good poem.
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