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Slow
Dance
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.
on'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
i n
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 s
ong
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.
By
you sending
thi s to as many people
as
possible, you can give her and her
family a
little hope, because with
every name
that this is sent to, The
American
Cancer Society will donate 3
cents per name
to her treatment and
recovery
plan. One guy sent this to 500
people! So I know
that we can at least
send
it to 5 or 6. It's
not even
your money,
just
your
time!
PLEASE
PASS ON AS A LAST
REQUEST.
Dr.
Dennis
Shields, Professor
Department of
Developmental
and
Molecular
Biology
1300
Morris
Park
Avenue
Bronx , New
York
10461 |
