Rear Vision Mirror

Looking in the mirror, I see the road is clear Not a car in sight, as far as I can see Super for a warning, when at last they do get near Then I am as careful as can be Life is very similar, there is no angst in sight The problem is the things that you don't know How they sabotage your future, just when things look bright If we'd seen them coming, could we ease the blow? We know we can do nothing, to the past things we have done What's done is done, of that we can be sure But with the help of hindsight, can we make our future one Where we don't have so many hardships to endure Looking in the mirror, you can see the road is clear But it is out front in the future that you need To listen for the problem, that you will surely hear The sort of thing, to bigger troubles lead So when your life is ending, and you can go on no more Look in that mirror, see where you went wrong Help the younger generation, they have goodness in their core To avoid those things, that in the past belong