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It's a poem, by a small girl in a New York hospital, who is terminally ill with cancer....

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.

Urban legend http://www.snopes(.)com/inboxer/medical/slowdance.asp Claim: A 7-year-old girl named Amy Bruce is dying of lung cancer and a brain tumor. Status: False.

It may well be a hoax but the sentiment is absolutely right!! Live each day to the full as you never know when you won't have a tomorrow xx

Urban myth it may be, but whoever wrote the words has the right idea! Sheila

*sigh* Elaine, i though we ignored each other now. We don't have anything to do with each other. But the one thing you add to, you try to discredit me. Leave it out. And by the way, it doesn't say on the email the name of the child or her age.

Paul Im sorry it is an urban myth, I received that mail many years ago and its still doing the rounds, yes its a sad poem but Im afraid it doesn't belong to any sick child at this moment in time in hospital with cancer. Gillie xx

Gillie. Fair enough, it's an Urban Myth. However, as I said in my previous posting. Me and Elaine don't get on. Most people know that. I don't add to her threads, and I thought she didn't add to her threads. I thought she had enough maturity to pass each other by, as she knows we end up arguing. However, the one of my postings she adds to, she adds a provackative, and discrediting post.

Have you ever thought about patching things up Paul/Elaine, life's too short. catherine xx

The poem is good, has been posted on GR before, and is always worth reading and pondering upon. But it was not written by a dying girl. It is always as well to verify the accuracy of circulating emails - this particular one falsely claimed that the American Cancer Society would donate some money each time that the email was forwarded. Naturally, it would appeal to people's better nature to forward it, thinking they would help. Joy

Paul, it doesn't matter one iota whether it's urban myth, or who wrote it. It is still beautiful and I have enjoyed reading it. Thank you for posting it Paul. Dianne xx

Catherine, Before, we had another arguement, and I think that both of us had a silent agreement that we should just pretend it never happened. However, we argued again, and after that, I THOUGHT, that we had a silent agreement to just ignore each other. I thought it'd be for the best.

Paul let it go sweets..... I don't think she was trying to discredit anyone, just stated a fact that its a myth that's all! Please don't turn a beautiful poem into a fight!! xx

Why's it always someone else trying to cause an arguement? Never you is it? As I said, I though you would have the maturity to ignore my postings, as you know we end up arguing. Obviously I was mistaken.

Paul Elaine beat me to it, I too always look these up on Snopes. although it is a sad beautiful poem and so true it is always wise to be aware if these e mails are hoaxes as otherwise the system would get clogged with them. Which is the original intention of the original sender. Ann Glos

Why add to my threads? Thought you didn't like me? I don't like you, I make no secret of that. You must have known that by adding to one of my threads we'd only end up arguing. As I said before, wouldn't it be better just to ignore each other, don't add to mine, and I wont add to yours, that way we have very little chance of arguing with each other.

a lovely and sad poem. Elaine was only saying the truth, there are lots of these things flying around, she was not being nasty just honest. Lets not make this something it isent. Roxanne x

It's a lovely poem and does make one think, hands up, I'm guilty of saying 'we'll do it tomorrow', one of these days tomorrow won't be there, as these boards postings have shown over the past few days that I have been on here. Whoever wrote it should lay claim to it and not use it to tug at the heartstrings, anything to do with terminally ill children should not be abused in this way, (or Adults for that matter). I feel very sad now! :(

Hi what a lovely and sad poem. Please dont let peoples negativety spoil it, Thanks for posting it Lil

paul, I for one am glad you posted this beautiful poem, i had`nt heard it before so to me i could just enjoy it for the sentiment alone, who cares if its an urban myth? As for the other business, sometimes its not what you put, but the way that you write it that gets peoples backs up, Thank You Paul.