FLASH: OT : Please read when you get a chance

[Shaun Brazier]

Means something to me so may touch some of you lot. Sorry for posting to

list but it is the largest I have in my addy book...


> > >>> > > > >>> Subject: POEM FROM A CHILD WITH CANCER - PLEASE READ

> > >>> > > > >>>

> > >>> > > > >>> The following 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.

> > >>> > > > >>>

> > >>> > > > >>> Please do what you can to help fulfil this young girl's

> dream

> > >>>by

> > >>> > also

> > >>> > > > >>> reading 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

> > >>>chance

> > >>> > > for

> > >>> > > > >>> all

> > >>> > > > >>> of us to help 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

> > >>>

> > >>>

> > >>>

> > >>>

> > >>

> > >

> >

> >

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