This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
>>>>She wants to see how many people get her poem. It is quite a 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 10461
>>>>She wants to see how many people get her poem. It is quite a 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 10461
