Slow Dance (please read and pass on)

望明月

This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.  

She wants to see how many people get her poem.  

( X2 T) I( i$ L; LIt is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.

. t: Z8 H+ m0 g4 g! uThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.


7 B5 [: u: g+ P: @3 nIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.


' H& X; y, J- O( }; oSLOW DANCE
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, p7 a; D$ z0 t* C1 g; m. jHave you ever watched kids

5 [! e0 [9 d' V/ U+ z& J) jOn a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain

Slapping on the ground?

# K* W7 {; b- K. _) SEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?

* D% K; C( F" |# u" v1 e% T+ I- B5 POr gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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) \7 C2 h8 t+ D& GYou better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.

4 C9 S5 S5 L% r4 b9 u8 P: w) LTime is short.

3 ^' C$ f8 h; l. S/ d! w; lThe music won't last.
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Do you run through each day
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On the fly?
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$ o4 b9 |" r/ }- Z  j4 A7 `When you ask How are you?
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- t/ g" t& W2 g4 G9 I3 O, D/ ?Do you hear the reply?
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When the day is done
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, O. ?6 r  [$ H" ?3 q/ gDo you lie in your bed
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With the next hundred chores

Running through your head?

You'd better slow down
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! @+ ~5 S" ^7 v5 BDon't dance so fast.

8 s! K3 |4 B, \' D* Q; W. q" y. S$ sTime is short.
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% T: H9 F  [' D2 |; @The music won't last.

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9 G+ f/ _+ K- H3 O2 i2 a2 {0 u' tEver told your child,

We'll do it tomorrow?

And in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?
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: E" g. K1 k2 i6 Z; V7 ~Ever lost touch,

* V: m8 J- k% I0 H$ a" GLet a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time
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: Y/ k& i" C* w, qYou'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.

The music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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You miss half the fun of getting there.

1 M6 v8 S/ d; ?. b( w  |. hWhen you worry and hurry through your day,
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4 ?& a% J5 ?3 w! z1 w5 }% R1 dIt is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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+ k+ A+ c0 x' j/ x  h" `Do take it slower
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Hear the music

! a& I2 ]3 t! J& r0 S5 D& uBefore the song is over.
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. B9 [4 @6 d$ y/ m/ h2 d. Y. ^FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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6 d6 _' o# X1 k. e# {Dear All:

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' `9 R( n) a9 [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.
) G$ l% m" t  I/ n/ \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.
  x* z9 G3 m* w, ]/ p. {  EBy 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.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
$ U3 o6 C* }6 c. M3 N+ k1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, New York 10461

裙裾飘飘

这诗的大概意思让人们停下匆匆的脚步，好好地体会生命，好好地关爱身边的人。

这几天赋闲在家，我也想如此，可是每次开车外出，看着车辆稀疏的街道，我心里就感觉特别惶惶。

听雪安妮

小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来，真让人心疼。
好好爱着好好活着......
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我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。

望明月

原帖由 听雪安妮 于 2006-10-4 22:16 发表
4 s0 c0 ?# k+ J( m# d1 n小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来，真让人心疼。
好好爱着好好活着......
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我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。

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是啊，心疼就一个字!