Elemental Etchings by Liz Senn

Published November 22, 2023

Sometimes I wish I could wake up tomorrow in a different place, during a different time, as a different person entirely. To see the sky in a different light. To taste the breeze of a different flavor. To walk the ground with a different footing. For better, or for worse, or for neither at all. And sometimes we just want what we know we'll never have. Introduction: Welcome to the many adversities and prosperities of life, the peaks and valleys of love, and the never-ending journey to find meaning and healing amid the rubble. While I have been writing poetry since I was old enough to buy a journal, only to fill probably hundreds since, my inspiration for writing this book stems largely from the many shaping events that I experienced over roughly my 29th year, while I was experiencing the full force of my Saturn Return. For those of you that are not familiar, every 27-29 years, Saturn Returns to the degree and sign that it was at the time that you were born. In this way, Saturn serves as our cosmic entryway into adulthood and our cosmic exit out of our current situation into something infinitely more beautiful. However, this journey is seldom smooth, and even often quite rocky, for those like me. With this important rebirth often comes great sacrifice, challenging hardship, and debilitating uncertainty. But it’s in these very times that we learn strength we did not think possible, freedom we did not think imaginable, and, eventually, we uncover beauty unforetold. Over the course of this book, I share my unique yet relatable poetic perspective on universal and meaningful topics such as life, love, mental health, and hardship. I use forces of nature to illustrate how our important experiences can breed higher existential meaning and healing understanding within our hearts and souls. I hope my words can bring you much needed peace, inspiration, or at the very least, amusement. While the gardens here may not grow like yours, the bees hum just the same.

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