Who Knows? She Must Poem by RIC BASTASA

her true name is
Gloria Villa

in english she is
the house of glory

at an early age
she was called
Bangengak by
her folks since
she is not white
and bucktoothed

when she grows up
she may continue
believing that she
is ugly and hence
she may act like
from an ugly duckling
to a full grown
ugly duck

if Gloria however
reads a lot and transcends
how people thought of
her

she may become
what she is in her mind

she may transform herself
into a beauty
from inside her guts
to outside the boundaries
of this world

who knows? she must.