This is a poem written by a teenager who has terminal cancer. It is very moving but also beautiful too. I had to include it in my website for others to read.
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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
throughout 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.
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Disclaimer.
All content has been added without prior consent.All artwork is by different artists and as such i am not able to identify for the purposes of copyright. If your work is here i would be happy to add your name to your content or remove altogether if so wished.
The poem is an email sent to me . The content is by an unknown girl in america and has been publicised by her doctor for donation to her cause.She wanted as many people as possible to read her poem. I will only be too happy to print her name beside her poem if anyone can help me here.Or if wished to be removed altogether. please email to rosie@rosiesstory.co.uk
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