In the shadow of an old family house that still reeks of secrets, Lila returns after twenty-five years to settle a debt written in silence and suffering. What begins as a homecoming erupts into a night of calculated vengeance as he confronts the relatives who destroyed his mother's life through whispers, betrayals, and dark spiritual manipulations. One by one, he faces the patriarch, the quiet schemer, the smiling cousin, the pious aunt, and the sister who perfected cruelty with love-each carrying the weight of a campaign meant to break a child and erase a wife. As blood pools on the concrete floors where he once learned to walk, Lila forces them to witness the monster they helped create.Raw, unflinching, and steeped in cultural shadows, "What the Blood Remembers" is a brutal exploration of family, memory, inherited trauma, and the terrifying precision of long-nurtured rage. In the end, some accounts can only be closed in blood.

Welcome to Juja, a town that looks nice on the outside but is actually poisonous inside. People think of J town as a place for students, lecture halls, and unfinished degrees. But behind the friendly smiles is a different kind of curriculum: sex without love, drugs without limits, and cults without mercy. Here, parties become rituals. Lovers go away before the sun comes up. Pregnancies don't grow; they disappear. Everyone is too busy chasing pleasure to be ready for what comes next. Darling Juja isn't just a place. It's a trap that smells good, has lip gloss, and Rizla papers. It smiles sweetly as it eats you whole! In a town where everyone is addicted to something, survival is just another bad habit.

A collection of poems about heartbreak, trauma, survival and recovery. Trigger warning to sensitive readers 🖤