I am the comma
In a sentence, the afterthought
To a word, trailing off in the middle and
Never the important sort
Of ellipses.
I’m the backing vocals
At the height of a crescendo, hope
In quiet harmony, unheard,
Falling down a slope
To lie, a discarded melody.
I am the old love interest,
Story-tired, something better ready to leap
Over my head, the readers
Never thinking how much it hurts to keep
Smiling, hiding, smiling…
I never finish the glorious tale of two
Who are happy without the underdeveloped character
With too many tears, whose chapter
Ends with a question mark.
I am the sorrow and muted horror
When love gives way to nothing-
The writer spirals somewhere different,
Pain too lonely, too boring,
But where’s that story arc for that?
The words write me,
Heartbreak created from an apostrophe-
I, a possession, owned by failure,
Vanishing into a sidestory
Of the story’s saviour.
From Elm 🙂
Just Call Me Elm or Something 
This is so absolutely stunning
Thank you so much!! I’m so glad you like this 🙂 it was a difficult one to write because of the emotions behind it but I’m glad it came across well!
I️t came across beautifully. Writing so openly and genuinely is what makes your work so incredible! 🙂
That means so much, thank you!! Xx
elm, I am all of these things as well…the shadowy presence of a ghost of someone who once was…thanks for sharing…
It’s comforting to know I’m not the only one and it also breaks my heart. Thank you xx
This is so wonderful
Ohh thank you!! Xx
This is so beautiful Elm! I’m in love
EEEK thank you so so much! And thank you for mentioning me in that post!!! xx
This is absolutely beautiful!
Aww thank you so much ❤
This is sad 😦 but very well written X
I wish I could have made it happier, for my own story’s sake, but I had to get those emotions out ❤ Thank you xx
[…] Actual Queen?? 💛 Seriously Elm is at the TOP of the blogging game 💛 Such a great writer (just read this poem) 💛 So lovely!! 💛 Writes very personal and relatable posts 💛 Is […]
Thats soo beautiful ❤ absolutely loved it
Ahh, thank you xx
oh fricking heell how do you do it. so much emotion and even rhyming and just more and more beautiful, raw emotion.. so freaking beautiful elm
also, when you are feeling like this? just remember. you are every single word and sentence and paragraph. you are all the words and the writing and the beautiful ink flowing out of a pen. you are everything elm. you are the author of your own story. im not gonna be unrealistic and say this is always the case because sure, soemtimes we don’t get to decide stuff. but remember you are aweome, we all love and you matter.
you are so incredibly important to each and every one of us. your blog and your support and you in general. you’re amazing elm. and when you are feelings like this i just want to let you know that we value every single word you write and i’ll leave this comment on this note: you are the main character and you always will be. this is your story. live it because you are important and you matter xx
(sorry if this dosen’t make sense. insanity comes after intense love for your posts haha)
Ohh Ilsa you are truly amazing 🙂 Seriously I feel like crying because your words hit me so hard when I needed to hear them. Thank you for making me feel valued. Thank you for writing such beautiful words and being so lovely and inspirational. Oh my God I feel like I’m about to start crying! You just made me so happy XX
Second stanza 🙂 nice!
This is absolutely amazing and i relate so so much…you’re brilliant with words Elm🖤💕
[…] our lives asap 💛 Em @ Yellow’s the Word shares her favourite things about Christmas 💛 Elm @ Just Call Me Elm or something wrote a beautiful poem called ‘Side Characters in My Own S… 💛 Kat @ Life and Other Disasters created the fun Winter is Here Write Tag 💛 Holly @ Nut Free […]
i love this. i related and it brought me some comfort. thank you for sharing!
Any time – I’m glad to have helped! xx
This is brilliant!!
Thank you so much – I’m glad you think so! This one was particularly difficult to write so I’m so happy people seem to like it!
😊😊