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.:Slow Dance:. :short poem:

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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.

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.
I was so touched by this poem. I got it in an email from a friend and it was just so inspiring. According to the doctor the girl only has 6 months to live and she wrote this in the hospital. They both wanted to see this out there and see people inspired by it. The doctor exactly said:
"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. "
I was deeply touched by this poem and made me feel for the girl. I wanted to share it with you all as well. I pray for this girl and hopefully you will too.
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