a very inspiring poem.PLEASE READ!!!! Does this make you realize a few things?

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 .

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.

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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.

By you sending this to as many people as

possible, you can give her and her family a little hope, because with every name

that this is sent to, The American Cancer Society will donate 3 cents per name

to her treatment and recovery plan. One guy sent this to 500 people! So I know

that we can at least send it to 5 or 6. It's

not even your money, just

your time!

PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.

Dr.

Dennis Shields, Professor

Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology

1300 Morris Park Avenue

Bronx , New York

10461