a poem written by girl with cancer

[powerxxx]

i got this poem which was written by a girl with cancer in newyork hospital

please read it,

the e-mail said

''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.

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please send this to everyone you know

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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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send this to everyone you know

[diana]

Well, I must say I like the poem...but I hate this chain-emails...