A stirring debut poetry collection from Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews, exploring love, loss, resilience, and self-discovery with unflinching honesty and lyrical grace. Some people are like monarch butterflies—solitary by nature, on a passionate search for somewhere. Critically acclaimed songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews presents her first poetry collection. This poetry collection reads like a transformation, me, the narrator, being the figurative Old Monarch. Documenting this journey, the book is separated into three sections, 'Sonoran Milkweed,' 'Longing In Flight,' and 'Eucalyptus Tree (My Arrival to Rest).' In the first stage of my journey, I explore my childhood in Arizona, and the naive assumptions of youth. At this stage in my journey, I am impressionable, seeing the world with all its nuances for the first time. Through the landscape of the Sonoran Desert, I explore some dark family dynamics and what a child sees. Several characters turn up in the