"When blood is no longer pure, can the soul still have a name?"
Born in the body of a Vietnamese boy—with tan skin, black hair, and the wistful eyes of the East—199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OJ77SNY39
she (yes, she) never imagined that destiny would tear her apart.
A blood transfusion at age fourteen—meant to save her life—199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKZOQ895Lk
becomes the beginning of a journey of possession, multiplicity, prejudice, and pain.
The soul of a Western woman—wife of a Vietnamese man from a previous life—awakens within her.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWviJZq8GkN
From that moment on, she is no longer one person.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsHpuKfDcb
She becomes a fragment of history, an echo of the past, a threshold between East and West, male and female, sinner and survivor.
Rejected by schools, abandoned by her own twin sister, scorned by a society that despises “hybridity,” and belittled for her intellect, gender, and origin—199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCqwxFdF2S
she continues to live.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpCDhXR0Zh
Not to be accepted.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmWSFag5X3
But to prove: she is real.
She studies. She loves. She aches. She forgives.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eK4GvlWBk
She does not choose revenge—she chooses existence.
No one sees the tear in her heart,199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1soqQEluUL
but all see her rise.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWD4qHisCe
No one hears her sob in the shadows,199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Tpv3tALxg
but all witness her smile—199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzuSG7nSac
like a lotus blooming in the mud,199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PtJgQ7Zxn
not as radiant as a rose,199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZk4pn6LLC
but resilient enough to survive.
And if you’ve ever felt unseen,199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUOx9MuqAV
if you’ve ever felt like you didn’t belong—199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucaIo2ns9i
then this story is for you.
Not to pity you—199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28wjg4YRWc
but to remind you that somewhere in this world,199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38cjdzosTt
someone has lived as you have.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4XHti8V8h
And is still living.
