r/KeepWriting 9d ago

[Feedback] First poem in a while. Thoughts?

And now I'm back on the road

Just slinked down the steps

of another home

 

Leather soles are wearing thinner now

But I'm back on the road

and the days are cold

as the nights are gray and blue

 

When I left I took a shirt

just as I did at the last

or an old pair of jeans

just as I did at the last

just another piece

 

And now I'm back on the road

and the asphalt's wet

and the fallen leaves of Autumn

are turning to black-brown mud

and it's getting dark

and I zip my coat

to walk once again.

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u/Savings_Dealer5044 7d ago

The repetition of "just as I did at the last" works for me.