Words From A Traumatized Mind

About the Book

DESCRIPTION OF MY BOOK I BEGAN WRITING POETRY WHEN I RETURNED HOME FROM MY TOUR OF AFGHANISTAN. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD AND HAD TO ATTEND A TREATMENT CENTER. I WROTE THESE POEMS, AS A WAY TO EXPRESS WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MY MIND. I HAVE ATTENDED THREE TREATMENT CENTERS IN THE PAST YEAR AND HAVE COLLECTED ALL MY POETRY FROM THESE TIMES. WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN I DECIDED TO SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD. THE POEMS ARE DARK AND VERY POWERFUL. THEY WILL TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY THOUGHT A SOLDIERS TRAUMATIZED MIND. THEY WILL BRING YOU TO A WORLD IN WHICH ONLY A SELECT GROUP OF PEOPLE HAS HAD TO LIVE FROM.

About the Author

AUTOBIOGRAPHY HELLO, I’M LUKE ANTHONY CYR. I GREW UP IN SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO. GROWING UP I WAS AN AVID BASKETBALL PLAYER AND GOLFER, WHICH I STILL HAVE INTEREST IN TODAY. I HAVE A MOTHER AND FATHER AND 3 BROTHERS. I JOINED THE ARMY AT THE AGE OF 18 AND SERVED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES FOR 11 YEARS. I HAVE 4 OPERATIONAL TOURS ONCE TO BOSNIA AND KABUL AND TWICE TO KANDAHAR. UPON RETURING HOME I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AND OPERATIONAL STRESS INJURY (OSI). I STARTED TO WRITE POETRY AFTER MY LAST TOUR.