Slow Dance

• laurence82

  1 Jun 06, 01:53

  Not my work, and dont know if got posted before, so..
  
  Slow Dance
  
  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 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.
  
  --------------------
  
  FORWARDED
  
  E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
  
  Dear All:
  
  PLEASE pass this mail on to ever yone you know -
  
  even to those you don't know!
  
  It is the request of a special girl who
  
  will soon leave this world d ue 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.
  
  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 ---
  
  (just think ,it could be you one day).
  
  It's not even your money, just your time!
  
  PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST
  
  Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
  
  (Address deleted to prevent people sending money to where they should not. Please read my post below. )
• Bluesky_Liz

  1 Jun 06, 13:39

  WARNING: The above post is a known circulating email hoax.
  
  http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/s/slowdance.htm
  
  

  
  
  Summary of eRumor
  An email says there is a little girl who has six months to live. People are asked to forward the email about her to as many people as possible because the American Cancer Society will give 3 cents per email to support her treatment. It stars with a poem titled SLOW DANCE. The email is signed with the name of a professor at Yeshiva University in New York.
  
  The Truth:
  According to the American Cancer Society, the email is a hoax. The girl in the story is never identified, the American Cancer Society has not made any such commitment, there is no way for forwarded emails to be accounted for even if someone wanted to make a donation for each one, and the professor named at Yeshiva University, Dr. Dennis Shields, says he never had anything to do with any such story. If you dial his number, you get a recording saying the story is not true. There are several versions of this email making the rounds of the Net. Some simply say this is a poem written by a dying girl. Others say the little girl gave it to a medical student. Others say the poem is being circulated by a doctor.