"An angel." ( Archived) (9)

"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 .


"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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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.

PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.

It's been a long time since I saw that poem, PolarB...but it was one that made me think, and helped change my life. Yep, I was running too fast. Now I savor each moment as much as possible...and the time still seems to fly too fast.

Awesome post.

"It was sent to me by a dear friend."

WOW ,What a wise young lady,made my heart heavy,made my mind think....tell her thank you ,she touch my with her words,and I will always remember that

"Again,it was forwarded on to me by a dear friend.
It struck my heart so deeply as I lost my Mom
to the disease.In posting this,I'd hope that we
never forget the girl who wrote it and,never
forget the beauty of life."

The tears are pricking my eyes as I read this poem..

Yes we all need to slow down and appreciate all around us more..

always the pessimist!! But things like this, I see as an attempt to gain e-mail addresses for scams. I NEVER forward stuff like this.


This has been around for so long that if this person still has six months to live...she will out live us all!