We're trying our best

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our now or never world now lacks gentle
bringing this pain, small yet detrimental
it is what tears us apart, makes us drown
but the little things should not break us down
our "story" better not all be worthless
we're all searching to find bits of purpose
all about happiness, we're told to "rise"
but how can we live temporary lives
where "my friend" is never a name concrete
now life is covered in lies and deceit
we've got eyes full of pain, void of praises
society's flipped meanings of phrases
we've turned our minds to words we can express
thoughts upside-down as we're trying our best

Note: I wrote this backwards, starting from the last line, working my way up. It's not the best but it was a fun experiment.

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