"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—256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJPLHWn1A7
she (yes, she) never imagined that destiny would tear her apart.
A blood transfusion at age fourteen—meant to save her life—256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQeAcdpaLe
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.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyE0RiOhkeG
From that moment on, she is no longer one person.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnG9pPc8vtY
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—256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uBmMuO6d4
she continues to live.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiv4rqDy41q
Not to be accepted.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIQtO1FZzL
But to prove: she is real.
She studies. She loves. She aches. She forgives.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3ZmaKCFQ5
She does not choose revenge—she chooses existence.
No one sees the tear in her heart,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNojXEZgwmc
but all see her rise.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7j9iF3OEZV
No one hears her sob in the shadows,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QZuBKVpFL
but all witness her smile—256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLpdPcjgZ1
like a lotus blooming in the mud,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFilOarMqw
not as radiant as a rose,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡge17vBQ2kh
but resilient enough to survive.
And if you’ve ever felt unseen,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksPmktqi5q
if you’ve ever felt like you didn’t belong—256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡba7IMl5zTW
then this story is for you.
Not to pity you—256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dwqCwTez8
but to remind you that somewhere in this world,256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHi2lQKPH0
someone has lived as you have.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rsHB9RP2g
And is still living.
