"DISTANCE TO EMPTY"
By Keith Walter Dow
I’ve been running on empty
Plus, my truck is almost out of gas
and I’ve been losing my appetite
Trying to stay full of the love I’ve had
My pain pales in comparison
To those tortured souls I’ve known
Who gave up every ounce of themselves
To something that crushed the concept of home
I wrote this with tears in my eyes
And I’ll read it with a trembling hand
You can only marry so many words
Before you reshape your meaning of man
Keith Walter Dow is a former Army MP and bouncer and the author of Karmic Purgatory from which this selection was taken. He is the co-founder of Dead Reckoning Collective. You can follow him on IG here.
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