you never know who you might lose in your sites today

no traffic circles, traffic lights or speed signs

have any way to give you their warnin'

of what’s behind

they tell of what might be a comin’

not what’s gonna be gone

all those stationary metal posts are things meant to be a slowin’

you in your forward busy days, months and years

for what might be ahead

they’re all a tryin’

to tell you to be a lookin’

in that rear-view mirror, you adjust sometimes. . . to see yourself

not really a lookin' behind

there’s a reason why that mirror can’t see forward

but you can