Title: Cause and Affect
Author: Hairann
Prompt: Heartbroken Challenge
Rating: T
Genre: Poetry, Comedy
Word count: 434
Summary: Title is intended, not a typo. This was done for the Valentine's Day challenge on Unsung Heros.
"It wasn't fair," I grumbled out loud
in fact I am certain she fouled.
To each of them she had given a gift
but me she decided to stiff.
Why was I the one left out?
"Really now, what was that about?"
What had I done to deserve such pain?
Why did I lose while the others gain?
...
To the priestess she had given a handmade doll
into which she had put her all.
Handcrafted it was with love and care
that even I couldn't help but stare.
Hair made from yarn and eyes black thread
her bright red smile filled me with dread.
Did she not know the pain her exclusion could cause
when she walked passed me without a pause?
...
To each head of the beast a salt lick she gave
knowing it was what they both did crave.
One foot by one foot the gift was in size
and now the dragon I began to despise.
A lift they offered and her pillow they were
but I had done much more for her.
Her disregard had made me heartbroken
when all it would have taken was a small token.
...
To the runt she gave a piece of art
an image of their faces surrounded by a heart.
Rosy cheeks and bright eyes aglow
with an "I Heart You" written below.
Done in watercolors, she painted so well
causing my old heart to swell.
"If only a picture she would draw for me,
then I would not feel so miserably."
...
Then came our lord and she smiled so bright
powerful enough to give his heart flight.
"For you my lord, who already has it all,
the perfect gift is hard to call.
And so I thought and thought some more
about what you haven't already had before.
So for you, I have a ticket for one day
where you can do nothing, but play."
...
That was it, the end of her list
and unable to bare it I balled my hand into a fist.
Passed over I was; it was true
never before had I been so blue.
Being there I could stand no more
and through the woods I tore.
But I did not get far away
before she was calling for me to stay.
...
"Silly master Jaken
you have not been forgotten.
All day and night I toiled away
that you'll like it, I did pray.
So to you I give the best gift of all
a life size Lord Sesshoumaru doll.
And now there's but one thing left to say
Happy Valentine's Day!"