"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—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uIWXmDIbP
she (yes, she) never imagined that destiny would tear her apart.
A blood transfusion at age fourteen—meant to save her life—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tCa76fVx3
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTFqGNWQvz
From that moment on, she is no longer one person.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSkOg0FNWS
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—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LwOEICoqQ
she continues to live.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEZSGlGF70
Not to be accepted.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuK7MS74sv
But to prove: she is real.
She studies. She loves. She aches. She forgives.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9V3MDyfIE
She does not choose revenge—she chooses existence.
No one sees the tear in her heart,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpzVhHfTMj
but all see her rise.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpT0Ea08Vrc
No one hears her sob in the shadows,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7icDuPhGfm
but all witness her smile—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPlarinagT
like a lotus blooming in the mud,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LyiAT3waW
not as radiant as a rose,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29aJjubkTX
but resilient enough to survive.
And if you’ve ever felt unseen,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDwF1pFoVW
if you’ve ever felt like you didn’t belong—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGltEqeBmF
then this story is for you.
Not to pity you—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLh0OCJieAT
but to remind you that somewhere in this world,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlazeLymYnO
someone has lived as you have.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfcIXGrmpI
And is still living.
