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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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.


0 w& \) z" ?' ~SLOW DANCE


, I8 d6 ]7 N+ i2 sHave you ever watched kids

! ~* N  H5 _& ?" oOn a merry-go-round?
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' O! [5 R5 w+ h, MOr listened to the rain
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4 I$ m. H4 s+ ]8 G- `4 dSlapping on the ground?

# j% ~3 t2 X7 x& ~6 rEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?

Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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& w& s# p) p! H  qYou better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.
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1 l' y: w+ I  C+ MThe music won't last.

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Do you run through each day

On the fly?

2 V/ ~( G0 N! u4 k* D% QWhen you ask How are you?

Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done
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9 S( o; U# R1 E, Q" ~+ I2 s3 {Do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?

You'd better slow down

Don't dance so fast.
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  C* \% S7 n: a( s: B2 R. B  |, ^Time is short.

The music won't last.
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Ever told your child,
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* [; k7 V0 n5 b+ c% lWe'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,

0 b6 S, x2 i' u" P/ zNot see his sorrow?

: E1 I. g, }8 L0 u" n+ x" S! rEver lost touch,

) j+ K  C" u. q% T+ T" {Let a good friendship die
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+ W) d) @+ p3 `3 }  b: s' gCause you never had time

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You'd better slow down.

% ~4 c: I7 H6 M: D: t) D- Y4 nDon't dance so fast.
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Time is short.

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0 s) |- U$ H3 e/ `' uWhen you run so fast to get somewhere

You miss half the fun of getting there.

& b) s* `! @  N6 fWhen you worry and hurry through your day,

1 S- P5 w4 X6 e. r2 pIt is like an unopened gift....

* J# i5 `8 |* V- T" I' z; P2 AThrown away.
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9 ~3 q7 c6 E2 W% B# vLife is not a race.

5 V- p. _' P. ^: NDo take it slower
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Hear the music

# ~, N* n- }9 k/ S) [' kBefore the song is over.

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$ R) u( r# q9 KFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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# \" |( b% x- \+ e9 aDear All:

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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.
. Y  B1 o. s( z: L5 P3 rThis 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; N2 f( d, [/ }9 ~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.

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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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3 \0 u' o0 }4 z1300 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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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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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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0 a8 K! H7 y' _  J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!