This was written in response to a prompt on Neopets.com. The prompt was to write a free-verse poem about a child thrown onto the streets of New York with only a dog for a companion, but the dog gets run over.  

Little Lost Companions

I watched him every passing day

Those sad eyes with no cheer

Those sad eyes with no hope

A little lost child looking for kindness

On this street where little was found

This busy avenue of people

This busy avenue of apathy

For one sad eyed little boy

A companion came to him not long ago

A little lost boy just like him

A little lost boy looking for a friend

A puppy, abandoned on this cold

And Hellish avenue

Two companions they played together

Two companions they laughed together

With fate to silence only one

And leave the other a little lost boy

With the screeching tires of a yellow car

With the screaming of a child's agony

With the tears of an onlooker who can only watch