Homeless on the benches While youth talk and people shop The mix was so surreal Like dreaming and not waking up So many people All doing their own thing Oblivious to those around them How could this really be What world is this What has this place become When each cares only for themselves And barely notice there are other ones What world is this Where we walk, shop and ignore The hurt and need around us Is caring gone, is it no more A place of upscale indulgence Where costs are high for all With people on the street Sleeping while others drink and talk I couldn’t wipe the images Erase them from my mind Was anyone else bothered By what was before my eyes What world is this What has this place become When each cares only for themselves And barely notice there are other ones What world is this Where we walk, shop and ignore The hurt and need around us Is caring gone, is it no more Yet, I did nothing I walked on past I felt the need and pain But didn’t know how to act What world is this What has this place become When each cares only for themselves And barely notice there are other ones What world is this Where we walk, shop and ignore The hurt and need around us Is caring gone, is it no more I don’t know how to fix it I don’t know what I’ll do But what I saw today Can’t be erased from my view
