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Slow dance poem

Forums General Melanoma Community Slow dance poem

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    Tim D
    Participant

       

       

      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.

      ———— 
      ——– 

      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. 

      10462 

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        washoegal
        Participant

          Beautiful poem, thanks for sharing. 

          washoegal
          Participant

            Beautiful poem, thanks for sharing. 

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