CLV: Double Back

That could have been important, so I think,

that thing I noticed just a few streets back.

What if it was? I look around, and blink,

and fret, and breathe—and then I double back.

Was that I leaf I stepped upon, just now?

That crunch beneath my sole a few feet back?

What if it was important, still, somehow?

And so, to check, I turn and double back.

Have I been living, doing something wrong?

With everything I’ve done these few years back?

What if my focus has been, all along,

misled? Should I turn round, and double back?

This rearview mirror keeps me right on track

as long as I am always doubling back.