Every tears a child sheds
Is an accusation against us.
Failure to make a decent world
That allows a child to be a child.
Every tears a child sheds
Is a finger-pointing
At our failings as adults
For not protecting adequately
Every tears a child sheds
Is a challenge thrown in our face
To make changes where they are needed
In spite of our daily grinds
Every tears a child sheds
Is a pain we cannot take back
Something the child suffers
Inscribed in his soul forever
