Sunday, May 09, 2010

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 







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.

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I was really touched by this poem. I like it a lot. I recieved it in an email. Normally I would toss it in the trash. This time I didn't, because I liked the poem. Enjoy it while you can. 



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