"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—56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUbsOcMqJN
she (yes, she) never imagined that destiny would tear her apart.
A blood transfusion at age fourteen—meant to save her life—56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWUKvbCo5U
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.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFpgz5XnaR
From that moment on, she is no longer one person.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHOaFFLY1r
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—56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPfhLnK68o
she continues to live.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqAKLLTfJE
Not to be accepted.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEMwx2dd2m
But to prove: she is real.
She studies. She loves. She aches. She forgives.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83Lue9R3We
She does not choose revenge—she chooses existence.
No one sees the tear in her heart,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZIvR0x7Qc
but all see her rise.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMCYi3bSUE
No one hears her sob in the shadows,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLq0gwBcXb
but all witness her smile—56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMPwTAda35
like a lotus blooming in the mud,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHOynif8b8
not as radiant as a rose,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiiXeawuY1
but resilient enough to survive.
And if you’ve ever felt unseen,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UEdIrNNNA
if you’ve ever felt like you didn’t belong—56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0tthv40OO
then this story is for you.
Not to pity you—56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HMjzsh0ki
but to remind you that somewhere in this world,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cuUl1tHIU
someone has lived as you have.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBbzL47RU2
And is still living.
