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
 
  
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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.
-------------------
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 this 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

104 61
 
 

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