A Selfish World

In the corner of a dark street 

There sat a homeless boy 

Food and clothes had none 

And no passer-by would even give him a toy 

On the railway station 

There roamed a girl who sold fruit  

But not one customer paid her the proper price 

And to their numerous insults she had to remain mute 

In the noisy market place 

There lived a dog who had lost his leg  

Beaten and trashed it was everyday 

And it was never given food even if it would beg 

On the roof of the tea shop 

There was a man with sadness great 

For he had been kicked out of his one house 

And had since known only hate 

All of these people and many more too 

Suffer due to our behaviour 

Of thinking only and only about ourselves 

And considering other inferior 

We live in a selfish world 

Where cruelty is an ocean and kindness a small lake 

But whining gets us nowhere 

For an action we must take.