Category : Poems
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Thousand Yard Stare
She looks into his eyes,
But it's like no one is there.
He's lost himself again,
Inside the thousand yard stare.
She tries to understand,
But it makes no sense.
He stands like a statue,
He doesn't even wince.
She stands beside him,
Taking his hand,
Patiently waiting
For him to come back again.
He's crossed the boundaries
Of space and time.
Back to that place
Inside his mind.
Bullets fly and bombs explode,
He feels the panic as he reloads.
The sights, the sounds
So vividly clear.
The stench of death
Ever so near.
Every emotion, every action
Nothing like what he had imagined.
Time moves along
In agonizingly slow motion,
Seconds feel like hours
Of non-stop commotion.
He hears the sounds
Not part of the scene,
And he blinks his eyes
As the memory recedes.
He looks around
And sees her there.
She's waited patiently
Through that Thousand Yard Stare.
-samhudson
