Answer:
A mile from end to end, yet as close to as a friend. A precious commodity, freely given. Seen on the dead and on the living. Found on the rich, poor, short and tall, but shared among children most of all.
Man walks over, and man swims under. In times of war, it can be burned asunder. What is it?
The more holes you cover the lower it goes.
I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken.
To cross the water I'm the way, for water I'm above. I touch it not and, truth to say, I neither swim nor move.
The profession of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton
Difficult
Difficult
Animal
Easy
Food
Funny
Kids
Logic
What am I?