Post by rainbow on Jun 30, 2006 9:33:47 GMT -5
Today I've read this poem in a thread of the forum where I often write. And I decided to copy that post here.
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Something to remind us of what is important as we approach the end of yet another work week!!!!!!!
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.
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.
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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Something to remind us of what is important as we approach the end of yet another work week!!!!!!!
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.
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.
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.
