TGIF poem - Slow Dance....just read it!

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Slow DanceThis is a poem

written by a teenager with cancer.She wants to see how many people get her poem.

This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital .SLOW DANCEHave you ever watched kidsOn a merry-go-round?Or listened to

the rainSlapping 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 dayOn the fly?When you ask How are you?Do you hear the reply?When the day is doneDo you lie in your

bedWith the next hundred choresRunning through your head?You'd better slow downDon'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 hissorrow?Ever lost touch,Let a good friendship dieCause you never had timeTo 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 somewhereYou 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 slowerHear the musicBefore 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.PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor

Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology

1300 Park AvenueBronx , New York 10461