I ditto your words Linda..A heartfelt writing .

it could use a little work on scansion, but I would rather talk about content here.
Even the animals have more compassion. Just not true, only the other primates comes close to the emotion.

The "we" you refer to is, I presume, American society, which is dangerously primitive and un-caring. Your own state, Texas, executes more of its own population than most nations on Earth.

There are countries with socialist based principles that do care for the needy, under-priveleged and disaster-struck as a matter of course. We should learn from them. It doesn't mean we have to become totalitarian commies!

You are very perceptive in hearing "The sounds of a dying society", but that society is corporate capitalism. It is surely not a fault in human nature, our communal efforts have lead us to being the primary species.

I just posted a poem about it "No corruption in our bones"

but have a small objection to the end - sounding a little pompous/ 'teachy'
imho i think you would have more impact if you finished it at 'take care, take care'

and then - speaking of 'care' perhaps you could remove excess use by changing
'Why should we care if no one's there'
to
'why should we bother if no-one's there' --- or some such thing
- also you do need a question mark after the question

and it is offputting (lol to me i stress) to have every line start with a capital letter in a write that really speaks in sentences ... you don't necessarily need periods or commas( except maybe commas in the middle of lines when needed)
but i do think that you should only have a capital when you start a new sentence...

and i do agree with the write
- it is not only povery ignored
- goodness me i have heard so many stories of people dying on the street while passers by do just that - pass by
- i hear of people being beaten or raped in full view of others who do nothing to help

soddom and gomorrah eat yor hearts out

love judy
xxx