POEM

WRITTEN BY A CANCER DYING GIRL..
(This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer in a New York hospital)
It was sent by a medical doctor -
Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE
POEM.

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.

This young girl dying wish was, 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.