Take me back, Watch others I will    to where I was. My life remains still    Meaning I lack, Paralyzed by loneliness    like a cheap buzz. and its mind numbing chill.       Life was fine, A life guard I spot,    way back then, I rush to say "Hi".    before 1979. Life saving I think not,    I was content then. For my next word is "bye".       I'm not meant Too cool to be saved,    to be here. too scared to swim.    It's evident, The life I so craved,    it's all too clear. Is gone in a whim.       I'm reaching out, Caught in-between,    yet no one sees. Fitting in I've seen,    Ignoring my pout among people who aren't scared    and my sad pleas. to have someone on which to lean       I try to reach out, I had a friend.    but I'm too weak, My heart I did lend,    but I'm not about But he fell away,    to jump in the creek. To keep up with the trend.       I'd be stuck, Sucks to be a clone,    with no preserver, but worse to be alone.    out of luck, The second I am,    I'll be an observer. Being his Stepping Stone.