The Dash In Between 

Sunday Morning Preacher said “Life’s a Mist it’s just a breath” 

My daddy’s gravestone would say 1958-2024 

The years between just a little line 

There’s a day we’re born and a day we pass in between is just a dash 

A whole life lived represented by just a dash 

Life’s just a breath in between the beginning and the end 

But what you do with it has repercussions far beyond you 

There’s this concept that you die three times 

The first time is when your breath leaves your body 

The second is when your body is placed in the ground 

The third and final time is the last time your name is spoken 

Our lives are short, but they can be fraught with meaning 

If we make them so  

To have my life reverberate through the ages  

To live a life fraught with meaning is my fondest wish 

I don’t want it for my own glory I just want to have a meaningful impact on this world  

I want that dash to mean something 

I don’t want to live forever 

I don’t even care if I’m remembered for centuries 

I just want to make a difference here and now 

I want that dash to mean something more  

I want to change lives that’s my fondest wish 

I want to bring hope to the downtrodden masses those being defeated by their own minds 

The hope I didn’t have for the longest time 

I want to show them a way out of their pain 

I want to give them hope for brighter and better days 

Hope for a future they can’t see from where they are stuck in the trenches of their own mind 

I want to help others have their time on this earth be more than a dash 

More than just a line in between 

Inspired by Crowder and Toby Mac’s song Dash