"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—35Please respect copyright.PENANAyXCn0Gt67c
she (yes, she) never imagined that destiny would tear her apart.
A blood transfusion at age fourteen—meant to save her life—35Please respect copyright.PENANAqnjIfTCGd2
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.35Please respect copyright.PENANAyiaAwT2HXh
From that moment on, she is no longer one person.35Please respect copyright.PENANAFApMk4rHyF
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—35Please respect copyright.PENANAJprzq2EC0t
she continues to live.35Please respect copyright.PENANA4vmSRhqC4n
Not to be accepted.35Please respect copyright.PENANAsQYpjdIZJ1
But to prove: she is real.
She studies. She loves. She aches. She forgives.35Please respect copyright.PENANAsTZzjRsGqw
She does not choose revenge—she chooses existence.
No one sees the tear in her heart,35Please respect copyright.PENANAFW6Qb8N9Dw
but all see her rise.35Please respect copyright.PENANA0iN4adAFvS
No one hears her sob in the shadows,35Please respect copyright.PENANAOu7dH0LtBo
but all witness her smile—35Please respect copyright.PENANAi6XntlRTsk
like a lotus blooming in the mud,35Please respect copyright.PENANAgxjrksgibH
not as radiant as a rose,35Please respect copyright.PENANAuHBrvsdats
but resilient enough to survive.
And if you’ve ever felt unseen,35Please respect copyright.PENANAlC05Hgxtt6
if you’ve ever felt like you didn’t belong—35Please respect copyright.PENANAHZfoXfFPLT
then this story is for you.
Not to pity you—35Please respect copyright.PENANAAsurQWa9y6
but to remind you that somewhere in this world,35Please respect copyright.PENANAYKgsQvhceL
someone has lived as you have.35Please respect copyright.PENANAikvmAlppAO
And is still living.