“How have you spent your “dash”? by Desmond Kelly the Star of eLanka I write of a man who stood to “speak”, at the funeral of a good friend With reference to the “dates” On his tombstone (to-be), from the beginning, right to the end. He noted that first, came the “date of your birth”, then, the date of your death, brought some tears But, what mattered most, this good friend now said was the “dash” that you spent twixt the years For this “dash” represented all of the time, that you spent,while alive on this Earth, and now, only those who loved you the most, knew just what that little “line” was worth For, it matters not, how much you had or you owned, the houses, the cars, or the cash, more importantly,friend, how you lived & you loved, and how, exactly, you spent that “short dash” Now, think ...