A Friend sent me this by email

 This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
     She wants to see how many people get her poem.
     It is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.
    
     This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York
     Hospital .
     
     
          
     
     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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Hi Linda,

I really understand that you want to spread this poem to many others. It is

quite beautiful.

I prefer not to receive these kinds of emails.

I have many emails to sort through during the day, including business emails,

so instead of this being helpful, it ends up going to the trash bin.

If you can in the future, please don't send these types of emails to me.

Have a wonderful day.

Take care,

Lael:)

Lael Johnso

A well and trusted friend here at Adland forwarded it on too me Chris Wiseman.

Thanks for all your concerns

Linda

Thanks for spreading the word Linda. No worries from the origin of this mail I received it from a very reliable source.

Its nice to see caring people like Arild though who is very quick to protect. Thank you Arild for your concerns.

It may be an idea Linda for you to remove the bits about the email and just share it as a poem to the community. I have seen this around before so it is doing the rounds as requested. Thanks for sharing