Subject: The Poem

This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl
in a New York Hospital. It was sent by a medical doctor
- Dr. Yeou Cheng Ma.

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.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL. ALL
FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL
COUNT.

Dear All:
PLEASE pass this mail on to everybody you know.
It is the request of a special little girl who will
soon leave this world as she has cancer.

Thank you for your effort, this isn't a chain letter,
but a choice for all of us to save a little girl
that's dying of a serious and fatal form of cancer.

Please send this to everyone you know... or don't
know. This little 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 send it to at least 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
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, New York 10461