"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—200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8zsGlHQhu
she (yes, she) never imagined that destiny would tear her apart.
A blood transfusion at age fourteen—meant to save her life—200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcg2ZWJc0tT
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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxKkl7ZojN
From that moment on, she is no longer one person.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwphU4NwaO
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—200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLTg499lcZ
she continues to live.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVQ3z9Nfdd
Not to be accepted.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFvyttxKKk
But to prove: she is real.
She studies. She loves. She aches. She forgives.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVHcAs6XD4
She does not choose revenge—she chooses existence.
No one sees the tear in her heart,200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6sRuOQo5S
but all see her rise.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHo9bgDn1ki
No one hears her sob in the shadows,200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBXHRlIEkk
but all witness her smile—200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sunMHE0Sc
like a lotus blooming in the mud,200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFiJsShZQq
not as radiant as a rose,200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKQJNcCUUD
but resilient enough to survive.
And if you’ve ever felt unseen,200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9YUEvnJT0
if you’ve ever felt like you didn’t belong—200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLm93K94Qn
then this story is for you.
Not to pity you—200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAM04bqPO4
but to remind you that somewhere in this world,200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0O6VfsGCM
someone has lived as you have.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAccVXoQ7A
And is still living.
