Innocence Lost

A young child lost in a crowd
Sounds around way too loud
People scurrying here and there
Lots of people everywhere.

No one stops to hear the cry
No one even questions why
The child left alone and scared
While the crowd passing shows no care.

Is this the fate of the human race?
And will we vanish without a trace?
For if no one cares who sheds a tear
There will be no reason to be here.