I can't reach her

The door is locked

My hand shakes.

 

A distinct lack of questions.

No hows or whys,

Just certainty

 

I can hear her

But she's busy.

She doesn't realize I'm scared.

 

An absence of reponse,

No "just a minute"-s

Just ignorance

 

I can't call out

A lump rises in my throat

I take out my retainers but the lisp persists

 

A lapse in logic

No explanation handy

Just odd vents

 

Yet they remain vivid.