Slow Dance (please read and pass on)

望明月

This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.  
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2 F7 C- Y" Y1 dShe wants to see how many people get her poem.  
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It is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.
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; O1 c! t0 r* W% J: wThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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It! 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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Have you ever watched kids

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Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?

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3 {. J9 f; a+ {You better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.
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; ~. ~' \8 J- x; c8 d' v2 oTime is short.
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The music won't last.
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' m- u1 z# P0 W) }6 }' wDo you run through each day
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On the fly?

When you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?

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Do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?

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Don't dance so fast.
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3 u7 C; w; e  U- t5 E  \) `: E. FTime is short.

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

We'll do it tomorrow?

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Ever lost touch,
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0 K& S  L/ G' x5 c' j: k. H7 S, vCause you never had time
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" i+ E8 r9 j/ d' C4 K6 L4 eTo call and say,"Hi"
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* L* K: `2 ^4 X! AYou'd better slow down.

, R9 z1 q5 m$ a+ z9 o% I7 f3 nDon't dance so fast.

Time is short.
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The music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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+ E' ]7 S& c0 }& M) Z& Y2 fWhen you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.

$ ?" a3 c+ j7 |4 L! V( hLife is not a race.

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5 w& f8 B, Q  H8 f( b- b3 r0 E$ L* FHear the music
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Before the song is over.

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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear 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.
# ?1 ]8 o  E- d" D4 c: YThis 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.
6 c" p4 f. {6 ^" L- i- \9 fShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
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
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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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。

9 R) c* E  ~/ J5 H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。
9 V1 o1 Q( q3 c8 {好好爱着好好活着......

& Y3 t" ~5 @4 T* S+ D) \' J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
9 K9 b2 Y. c; ]; p" {3 W; p! c小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来，真让人心疼。
3 W7 i' l- [. b, K1 ^5 @9 j好好爱着好好活着......

我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。

是啊，心疼就一个字!