"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—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxoL6IscTK
she (yes, she) never imagined that destiny would tear her apart.
A blood transfusion at age fourteen—meant to save her life—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7frKhfhskn
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.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2B88170i3
From that moment on, she is no longer one person.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKdUJmVg2H
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—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90W75e9WKH
she continues to live.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpl178N7B46
Not to be accepted.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YghKv4xUz
But to prove: she is real.
She studies. She loves. She aches. She forgives.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsoNffX7o0
She does not choose revenge—she chooses existence.
No one sees the tear in her heart,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Sw58QlxLS
but all see her rise.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBNfpGDeFf
No one hears her sob in the shadows,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjH8JNCNP6R
but all witness her smile—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjLhDELgLt
like a lotus blooming in the mud,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasI9FP88Vn
not as radiant as a rose,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNZl8g9tal
but resilient enough to survive.
And if you’ve ever felt unseen,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSr39Ka9fc
if you’ve ever felt like you didn’t belong—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XpvCrUspm
then this story is for you.
Not to pity you—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5OQXPTcnj
but to remind you that somewhere in this world,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLfUYBBI0F
someone has lived as you have.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dzFErzzCT
And is still living.
