ERIC KOLLER

NOV.17, 1983 --- MAY 3, 2008

"THE DASH"

THE FIRST DATE THAT YOU SEE
HIS PARENTS HOLD MOST DEAR
FOR IT’S THE DATE THAT ERIC
WAS BORN INTO THIS WORLD

THE SECOND DATE THAT YOU SEE
IS WHY WERE GATHERED HERE
A LIFE CUT SHORT, WAY TOO SHORT
IT’S EVERYBODYS FEAR

THE DASH BETWEEN THE NUMBERS
THAT’S HOW HE LED HIS LIFE
HIS HOPES AND DREAMS, OUR MEMORIES
THAT WE'LL CHERISH THROUGH OUR LIFE

WITHIN HIS DASH WAS WRESTLING
ONE OF SCHUYKILL VALLEYS BEST
HIS HOPES OF UFC FIGHTING
BY FAR HIS ULTIMATE QUEST

ERIC’S DASH WAS FULL OF FRIENDS
YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY
SOME DASH WAS FOR HIS COUNTRY
LIKE HIS SERVICE IN THE NAVY

SURE HIS DASH HAD BAD TIMES
BUT LOTS OF GOOD TIMES TOO
WITH UNCONTROLLABLE LAUGHTER
SHARED WITH EVERYONE OF YOU

IN ERICS DASH WAS HARLEYS
HE LOVED WIDE OPEN SPACE
EVEN THOUGH IT STOPPED HIS DASH
HE HAD A SMILE UPON HIS FACE

SO NOW HIS DASH IS ASHES
THIS WAS HIS LAST REQUEST
BLOWN IN THE WIND ON EARTH
THAT'S WHERE HE'S HAPPIEST