This is a poem
written by a teenager with cancer.
She wants to see how many
people get her poem.
It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.
This
poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a
New York
Hospital
It was sent
by
a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement
AFTER THE POEM.
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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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL
COUNT.
Dear All: PLEASE pass this mail on to everyone you know -
even to those you don't know! It is the request of a special girl who will soon
leave this world due to cancer.
This young girl has 6 months left to live, and as her dying wish, she wanted to send a letter telling everyone to
live their life to the fullest, since she never will.
She'll
never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a
family of her own.
Dr.
Dennis Shields, Professor
Depa rtment of Developmental and Molecular Biology
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx , New York
10461
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