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 a 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.
I woke up this morning thinking to myself God I hope this day goes by fast, I cant wait till thanksgiving vacation! and than I thought wait a minute its already going to be December, and I cant believe this year has flown by its weird but when your young days seem like a weeks, weeks seem like months, and months seem like years, but when you get old like me, the days fly by so fast you cant even remember what you did yesterday. So I got this email today telling me the same thing, and I thought today im going to kick back and just let the day take me away however it wants, whether its going to suck really bad, or be one of the best days of my life! So Last night after I got out of the shower I noticed a big ole wrinkle under my eye, Fuck! I’m probably going to be one of those old ladies with all the botox and still trying to wear young girl’s clothes! Scary thought! But its scares me getting old I just don’t see it happening. I don’t see myself living past a certain age no matter what I do; I can’t imagine it. As if I know what my future is going to bring me, as sad as that may seem. Dying doesn’t scare me because I know that’ll it’ll happen so fast that you wont even notice. What scares me is that what’s going to happen in the after life I believe in life after death, but I cant help wonder will I see my loved ones again will we remember each other? Will I ever get to hold my husband again, touch him? That’s what scares me! I believe that he’s my soul mate, and that there is someone out there for everyone (whether we find them is up to us), But what will happen to us? So life is flying by and I ask myself do I have any regrets about the choices ive made? and Hell Yes I do! But if I have tooken another path in life would it have lead me where I am now? I suppose im happy with my life; I have a wonderful husband, a cool house, enough money, friends and my family. The only thing I want out of life is to be someone, I don’t know what or how, but just to be someone that people will remember after im gone! So 2003 was fast and boring, im just hoping 2004 will be a whole lot better! Im going to do my best to get everything out of life that I want!