Repetition

When I was little my mother taught me this game, 

If you keep repeating a word it starts to loose its meaning.

So i started to repeat my own name 

And i'd imagine myself drifting of into the space of words people forgot to listen to

I used this game to get out of the simplest things, 

Homework, homework, homework, 

Chores, chores, chores, 

Everything 

If you repeat a word it starts to loose it's meaning

And i tried to explain this game with you when you kept telling you loved me every 10 minutes

And it didn't work, if anything it made you want to say "i love you" more than you already did. 

at times, i wanted to scream at you saying "us, us, us"

because it would've felt the same way. 

letting our relationship drift off into the space of words we over said. 

I never did yell, but at times I would purposely not tell you how much i loved you.

And you never quite understood that, still.

So you left. 

Repetition, repetition, repetition

if you keep repeating a word it starts to loose its meaning.

Every day since then, I found your name wrapped in my throat

but every time I tried to say i love you again, I would choke. 

And I couldn't. 

If you keep repeating a word it starts to loose its meaning, 

It isn't a game, It isn't a game, it isn't. 

Reviews

[Deep]

New creation. First few lines suggested me that the poem would roam around our childhood. But the next I found something new. Wonderfully written.
' If you keep repeating a word , the word will lose it's meaning.'
this line proves its authenticity if we look the our daily activities.
Anyway nice one.