Slow Dance (please read and pass on)

望明月

This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.  

0 x2 C! ~* P* P1 o" L5 c8 TShe wants to see how many people get her poem.  

( C* C( O% Z) e- U5 @+ eIt is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.

This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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0 `+ N, Z' \2 j2 oIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.


SLOW DANCE

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' `3 e' ^8 F" [4 [$ J0 iHave you ever watched kids

On a merry-go-round?
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2 Q* ^$ s3 \3 y% ?: E0 s0 W+ qOr listened to the rain
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1 Y! J9 m9 @) I* K. VSlapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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* q6 B; Z3 M" E! O7 Z1 zYou better slow down.

5 h3 F- U7 l" \: P2 K8 N. {Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.


# ?2 d( i* M( ~Do you run through each day

On the fly?

3 S% F6 a- C0 x$ G+ M/ oWhen you ask How are you?
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2 ]7 e' q6 |+ R: K7 cDo you hear the reply?

When the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed
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, N- i% [0 Z) S3 o' [With the next hundred chores
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5 D8 k" t0 r; a4 W1 h  i% yRunning through your head?

You'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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Ever told your child,
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0 B& c! e  f3 w, H9 _/ |We'll do it tomorrow?
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5 h+ r  e% V) x+ S, ~$ JAnd in your haste,

! `) E1 ]4 `; m+ \) p4 ZNot see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi"

You'd better slow down.

7 q9 @6 l! }  D2 E  aDon't dance so fast.
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Time is short.

The music won't last.

) G4 v  Y/ Y% R/ h* }When you run so fast to get somewhere

, |; D! ]) k- \; @( ?You miss half the fun of getting there.
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( o% t3 L3 |6 V+ l; JWhen you worry and hurry through your day,

, {, o+ q4 Q& K/ cIt is like an unopened gift....

Thrown away.

, K) `: f5 Z% F  jLife is not a race.

Do take it slower

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Before the song is over.
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: x+ W: ?9 B% d; l/ `  yFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:
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. \& x+ Y8 s3 u0 C, EPLEASE 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.
6 f/ j4 t0 ?( J! kBy 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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+ }3 B6 Z3 A) m2 rDr. Dennis Shields, Professor
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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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。

# ]. R0 ]2 J) g/ }5 v5 r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
* J6 ~  E; O" J% F' S1 ~3 o小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来，真让人心疼。
4 ^/ c$ W$ u5 {% j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。

/ d5 x4 K% }' `. b, A是啊，心疼就一个字!