While writing a poem
I forget a comma.
It may be just a very,
Very small bracket,
But it is still very important.
You need to respect its power.
The comma is very powerful.
I can say the same sentence
In three different ways:
Shoot him don’t kill him.
This doesn’t make sense,
It’s wrong grammar.
I can say the same sentence
This way too:
Shoot him, don’t kill him.
It is grammatically correct.
You should know its meaning.
You can also say the same sentence
This way also:
Shoot him don’t, kill him.
You can say it is wrong grammar
Or that it sounds colloquial.
But you can still understand
The sentence’s meaning.
The absence, presence and location
Of this very, very small bracket
Is very, very important.
It has the power to make
A sentence grammatically correct.
It can also make a sentence
Grammatically wrong.
The absence too can do so.
It has the power to change the
Meaning of a sentence too.
No wonder, this small bracket:
The comma is all-powerful.
Don’t underestimate it.
Don’t think that
It is a titular punctuation.
It has power and it uses it.
Just respect the power
Of this very, very small bracket
Which we all call the comma.