I Hear the Birds Sing

By Narine Ashnalikyan

I Hear the Birds Sing is a poetry book about the internal journey of the writer understanding herself, working through heartbreak and trauma, healing through love and faith, and finding her life's purpose. The poetry in this book goes deep into her intergenerational trauma, cultural norms, and the yearning to live freely and live out her life's calling.

This book illustrates heartbreak. It illustrates the journey of healing through love and faith in God. It illustrates that the beginning of life does not define the middle or the end. After healing, the writer discovers her purpose. This book serves to inspire those who feel like they have lost hope. It is for those who do not know what direction to take. Through love, healing, and redemption, you can regain your strength, your confidence, and live out your life's purpose. The hope for the future will set you free. May that hope drive you to discover your life's calling.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Sep 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9781098368142

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For those who lost loved ones, for those who lost their health, for those who lost their friends, for those who lost their jobs, for those who lost themselves. For the brokenhearted, for you who feel weighed down with grief, in pain. For you whose days are so dark. For you barely hanging on.

I wrote this book for you.

There were many days I lay in bed, stricken with grief. My body hurt. My brain, my heart, and my soul felt numb. There was too much pain. I didn’t know how I could get up. Then, one morning, I heard the birds sing. It was the sweetest sound I had ever heard.

Dear reader, may you find your breath again.

May you feel the sun’s warmth on your skin.

I hope you hear the birds sing.

When people ask me why I decided to be a poet, I can’t explain to them how I feel energy. How when I look into someone’s eyes, I see heaviness. I see regret. I can’t tell them that when I look at the sky, I see my ancestors shining. That I talk to my unborn children and tell them all the great things they will do when their