"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—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5rNHMtiD5
she (yes, she) never imagined that destiny would tear her apart.
A blood transfusion at age fourteen—meant to save her life—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENy7cW1ddt
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.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOXACZnFdJ
From that moment on, she is no longer one person.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJghT0ajN1
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—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3sOQINTWS
she continues to live.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkG9Q2SPmGZ
Not to be accepted.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDGExu0V7E
But to prove: she is real.
She studies. She loves. She aches. She forgives.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNM4sP1G0e
She does not choose revenge—she chooses existence.
No one sees the tear in her heart,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4u8JtLXbvv
but all see her rise.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgWKrgrXME
No one hears her sob in the shadows,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TKPrviyNO
but all witness her smile—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKuWQzHFdS
like a lotus blooming in the mud,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSZuFJz22L
not as radiant as a rose,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUDTgwTTpM
but resilient enough to survive.
And if you’ve ever felt unseen,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡem24ZlAODl
if you’ve ever felt like you didn’t belong—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzN3K4g3e1
then this story is for you.
Not to pity you—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxzYhAbAx6
but to remind you that somewhere in this world,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNMtOFpuY1
someone has lived as you have.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGzxoYkDND
And is still living.
