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.


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 erra tic 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
a n d
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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Dr.
Dennis Shields, Professor
Department
of Developmental and Molecular Biology
1300 Morris Park
Avenue
Bronx , New
York

10461

i don't see anything after the poem but an address.....

i stopped reading,after line one......

is the closing statement the lines at the end? ------- -----

Now there is a girl that I would be honored to sit with & talk 4 just a lil while.I would be certain 2 let her now how beautiful she is & how deeply insightful her letter is.She is truly magnificent & I am deeply saddened by the fact that she is terminally ill.God has a beautiful place in his kingdom that awaits her.
Godspeed!CyPoet

thank you all for posting such comments to this. I really wanted to share this with everyone, not just as a sick girls dying wish buit as true words to live by. thank you again