A Slow pace

SLow Dance 

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



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.