Backward is forward

Wake
The ever present enemy
Overbearing and oppressively 
Shadowing expectantly 
As forethought always secondly 
Two minds hang suspended be
Interrupting thoughtlessly 
Relentless and attentively 
Aressting so effectively 
Contented is left restlessly 
Thrashed into docility
Numbing the auxiliary 
Concerning such complacency 
Overwhelming this tranquillity
Resolute in the obscurity
Abstracting absurdity
With Orchestrated entropy
Worn out by pacificity
Sleep
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March 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Can be read from bottom to top also. (Kind of more practice than a proper attempt at that kind of writing). This is the song version. https://suno.com/song/b8244f45-7e73-43d3-96a5-b5b6f8b47271?sh=OYQ5bJEfqquHhXGq
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