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.  

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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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: f3 T  l) C4 [) QIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.


9 Z& @' Y6 L! y0 u& u- dSLOW DANCE
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! P/ h) }3 d9 yHave you ever watched kids

On a merry-go-round?
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3 a; F; \6 t& Y$ C; J+ Q) {Or listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?

Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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You better slow down.
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7 G9 k" Y2 m5 L' z$ W3 p, G# Z  dDon't dance so fast.
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3 v" x) j. S- A5 L1 rTime is short.
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The music won't last.


Do you run through each day
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On the fly?

4 S  ~/ ^' n, hWhen you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?

5 Y6 n* v& J7 {" M; X; A) yWhen the day is done
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2 ^5 H+ _: b4 a9 @Do you lie in your bed
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With the next hundred chores

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* E! F8 ?8 m5 U0 c% UYou'd better slow down
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* a8 R2 M# C3 t+ n  _/ B3 zDon't dance so fast.
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/ R' \, A/ s- o) @Time is short.

The music won't last.
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Ever told your child,

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And in your haste,
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5 X4 H( U5 @1 R% Z$ KNot see his sorrow?
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: m% z$ b  Y# g' B( i7 o. eEver lost touch,

8 |) J) b5 f7 T. f4 h( |( M4 HLet a good friendship die

% G* N7 ]: t0 V9 }# sCause you never had time
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3 L" }# ]' P9 \/ ^3 S8 g1 zTo call and say,"Hi"

# \6 H# V" K) a% U' ?You'd better slow down.
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* S1 e" ^5 _0 e. UDon't dance so fast.

Time is short.

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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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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
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Hear the music
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Before the song is over.
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" e' B, d* p5 DFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:
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, j' p: P9 q" h; d) uPLEASE 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.
( a4 [  A) K; W8 }. I, aBy 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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4 M1 H, m/ g: V' L! @% |Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
2 H, D. k$ E% X: T% u! yDepartment of Developmental and Molecular Biology
1300 Morris Park Avenue
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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。
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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。
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望明月

原帖由 听雪安妮 于 2006-10-4 22:16 发表
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来，真让人心疼。
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: P# g  A+ Z/ v( i4 M7 x, b1 R我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。

$ i' s- j( z( r是啊，心疼就一个字!