"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—32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUk21i5rgVG
she (yes, she) never imagined that destiny would tear her apart.
A blood transfusion at age fourteen—meant to save her life—32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfZXwAEHQ4
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.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5gzqBVw0F
From that moment on, she is no longer one person.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHJdMlJdTk
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—32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJ6ZbXU7JW
she continues to live.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4e9oMFKfrQ
Not to be accepted.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgvsPLKv4b
But to prove: she is real.
She studies. She loves. She aches. She forgives.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmC0K498sTU
She does not choose revenge—she chooses existence.
No one sees the tear in her heart,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlm7VaADHU
but all see her rise.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujDkRkugQe
No one hears her sob in the shadows,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mZqlHx9RM
but all witness her smile—32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pFPZEmR5P
like a lotus blooming in the mud,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lDCFjNpte
not as radiant as a rose,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo43XBg8CJI
but resilient enough to survive.
And if you’ve ever felt unseen,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmITPKXQWr
if you’ve ever felt like you didn’t belong—32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vM8SmCfXA
then this story is for you.
Not to pity you—32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboqP4LCo69
but to remind you that somewhere in this world,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0yqlCVWAo
someone has lived as you have.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nMr1QYkO4
And is still living.
