A Potion for a Poem

I threw in all the letters

Added some words

Checked the formula

Mixed it a bit

Shook the test tube

Still nothing was coming out

Tried again

Placing a pinch of magnesium

Only came up with Mg

Didn't tell me much

Then I put in some unknown substance

Came up with Ma

A curse word in another language

So I added a bit of sodium

It just said Na

Wasn't sure what to add next

I just said Si

Apparently spilt a bit of silicon

Then I said K

Looks like I was finally stuck with some potassium

I thought I would leave the whole thing Be

But that is beryllium

Just as well I didn't shake it as likely would be a blast

Knew I couldn't continue to hold the flask

At this point best not to ask

It was just a potion for a poem