Struck By Word

I can't remember the last time that I was struck. by. words. But I am sure it was Vietnamese back then, the language I had thought that could be powerful enough to hit me in the back of my head, and running through my body. I cried. It is now a foreign language, which hitting my ears, going all the way to my head, my heart, to my toes? 
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How am I so calm? Could I ever be struck by words again?