Please Repeat

Let repetition
Repeat

The words
Stuck in my throat

Flush the water

Again
And again

Repeat

Until you take the words away

Throw in a hose
A pipe
A knife
Whatever

It might take

But take them out
Remove the words

I don’t want to choke

Help me blurt
Help me vomit

Let me lose some salt
Let me lose some water
Then put me on serum
Of the concoction
Of your heart secretions

Let there be a reaction
Never mind an allergy

Let me repeat
My soundless words

Until

I rid myself
Of the words
The need

Put your finger in my mouth
Hook out the words

And let me speak
The language of silence

For

I do not know how to speak

Author's Note

Imagine you are madly in love with someone, someone with whom you have a very close friendship and with whom you can talk about everything and anything, except what you have in your heart...

An attempt to portray that. Imagine this as being a silent monologue with the other...

Now that I read it in retrospective, the poem falls short and fails to deliver that...

Reviews

[Cosmic Dreamer]

after reading your notes about it, I re-read it and things sort of fell into place. I empathise completely as that is the situation I am in at the moment, and I don't think it falls short. The only part I don't understand is the 'repetition' theme and how that fits into the poem - explain, please? I really like this poem, it was very enjoyable and interesting to read, thank you and well done

[emma]

This totally falls short of nothing. I loved it.

[~*. Jade Black .*~]

It's a sad poem that which is true although it reminded me of a trouble I am having right now after reading the note I have to elaborate that being madly in love with someone hurts or maybe it doesn't sometimes no one can tell. I to tell my special person everything and anything but, cannot tell what it is I feel or how I feel about him..this poem was quite good keep up the good writing I look forward to more of them.

[Yari Garcia (Older Prof..]

Wow, I think you did great trying to convey that emotion.

[Que]

The same thing happened to me as the first commenter, after I read your authors note, I reread the poem and only then did I really understand it...
Either that's great work (like those poems which could have multiple themes and are only then understood by the title, for example) or it's a bit confusing and you might want to make it a bit more specific, maybe add a word that would lead the reader in the right direction, so as to understand the poem.
I can't really decide which of the two it is, though.
Either way, great poem, I enjoyed it.
Cheers.

[Teri B]

So this is how it feels to be full of words, but mute! What powerful images you paint here of love's tongue-tying might! :)

[Dove]

i read this poem two times, its really enjoyable and i love the poem.