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Slow Dance!

by Roman Soluk on June 19, 2010

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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. She wants to see how many people get her poem. I was forwarded it via email. But, instead of forwarding to my friends I decided to published it here on my blog. This will be better I think.

This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital. It was sent by a medical doctor.

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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Dear All:
PLEASE pass this poem 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.

PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST!

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Roman Soluk Roman Soluk is the founder and editor of Optimistic Lifestyle and Optimistic Lifestyle: Healthy Living. Find out more about him here or connect with him on Google+.

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Sibyl - alternaview June 20, 2010 at 12:39 PM

Roman: Thanks for sharing the poem. It is amazing how much wisdom is in that poem. Sometimes we really do have to take a moment and make certain we aren't running so fast that we are missing out on life and what really matters.

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Anonymous June 22, 2010 at 7:54 AM

it really touched my soul….

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