You never noticed me till it was too late!

You saw me everyday, never cared to bother

I slept by the road side, as none gave me shelter

I lived on what I found, though they were worse than food

You never noticed me.

Kids threw stones at me as you walked with your li'l one,

I cried and ran to hide from being hit,

No one came to rescue, they all were in their race,

You never noticed me.

Years passed as I too had a baby,

I protected him from the paws of human beasts,

I lived with him on the same street that you cross daily,

You never noticed me.

One day your child threw stones at my young one,

I was watching from a distance,

You kept watching, and did nothing to stop it,

You never noticed me.

Your fellow beings keep harming him,

They killed my baby, and I had to watch helpless,

You, your race, your name itself harms us,

I was once man's best friend, you still failed to notice me.

Today when your child got hurt, 

When you could do nothing to stop it from happening,

And when you found that it was one among us,

You finally noticed me, and all of us!