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How Are You? I Am Alive Blessed and Challenged! is not just a collection of poetry—it’s a declaration. A scream. A whisper. A hand reaching out from the wreckage and saying, I’m still here. Sharliene Phillips shares her story through unfiltered, gut-honest verse—tackling trauma, abuse, anxiety, healing, sexuality, depression, survival, and everything in between. These poems carry scars and strength, tears and laughter, rage and resilience. Whether you’ve lived it, survived it, or are still fighting through it, this book offers a mirror, a light, and a voice that refuses to stay silent.

Inspired by William Shakespeare, who was a hopeless romantic and wrote his sonnets induced by passion and love. These expressions of love as they are written have been influenced by the touch and hold that this emotion has on us. An emotion in it of its own that gives life meaning. It gives it purpose. When we live for more than just ourselves. It is life-changing. It alters everything.