This book was written as a form of therapy to help recover from combat related stress and post traumatic stress. The poems are raw expressions of the feelings from seeing the unromantic side of war, while learning to walk in faith, with the love of my wife Mary.

Jimmy Hammond is a combat veteran with multiple deployments, Having served just short of 20 years both in the army and as a law enforcement officer he has seen and done many things. He is a graduate of Liberty University's Master of Science Criminal Justice program and currently teaches criminal justice at Killeen High School and Central Texas College. He lives near Fort Hood, TX with his beautiful wife Mary and their six children.