Slow Dance: A Touching Poem by a Teenager with Cancer

I read a poem a friend of mine sent to a group and I was very touched at how this lovely soul would soon be leaving this world.

This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer in a New York Hospital. She wants to see how many people get her poem. It is quite a poem, please pass it on. It was sent by a medical doctor.

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.

Dear All,

Please pass this poem 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.

Though the doctor says she has 6 months to live, God can still wonders in her life and multiply her years on earth. Let us hold on to her words and pray for her and everyo ther child with cancer.

-With Love,

Rukky Ujara.