{"sf1_id":852940,"sf2_id":"dmBDQNA1","title":"Slow down","author":"james mikoto","words":197,"posted_at":"2015-04-27T00:08:00.000Z","tags":["Love","Poems","Slow down","fast"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/852940-slow-down","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/dmBDQNA1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/26/64/2664267a-d40d-442a-8004-0940ddfae8ab","description":"#1 of take in the scenery","content":"Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round,\n\nor listened to rain slapping the ground?\n\nEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight,\n\nor gazed at the sun fading into the night?\n\nYou better slow down, don't dance so fast,\n\ntime is short, the music won't last.\n\nDo you run through each day on the fly,\n\nWhen you ask \"How are you?\", do you hear the reply?\n\nWhen the day is done, do you lie in your bed,\n\nwith the next hundred chores running through your head?\n\nYou better slow down, don't dance so fast,\n\ntime is short, the music won't last.\n\nEver told your child, we'll do it tomorrow,\n\nand in your haste not see his sorrow?\n\nEver lost touch, let a good friendship die,\n\n'cause you never had time to call and say \"hi\"?\n\nYou better slow down, don't dance so fast,\n\ntime is short, the music won't last.\n\nWhen you run so fast to get somewhere,\n\nyou miss half the fun of getting there.\n\nWhen you worry and hurry through your day,\n\nit's like an unopened gift thrown away.\n\nLife is not a race, so take it slower,\n\nhear the music before the song is over.\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"take in the scenery","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/884610-the-moon-is-out-tonight.json"}}