The Poetry by Gloria Anzaldua

In the second half of Borderlands, Gloria chooses to give the reader a collection of poetry to read. Her poetry and her decision to do so I believe is because of the overwhelming amount of emotion that Gloria is compelled to share with us. The first half of this story digs into the mind and heart of Gloria. The second half is her way to express herself the best way people are able to express their deepest feelings; through poetry.
In part IV, Woman Alone, we read several poems that explore the tribulations and hardships that Gloria, a woman of the borderlands, has to face. We are brought to understand how her position on society brings her grief to her physical and mental states. Through the poems we see the growth of Gloria's mind, going from understanding that she is treated poorly in "Holy Relics", to "Letting Go", where she must let go of her pride and fall into the inferiority, to fighting that same inferiority in "I Had To Go Down", until she comes to the realization of how terrible this assault on her identity is in "That Dark Shining Thing" and coming to appeasement, back to where she is all alone, but understanding that only by herself can she understand and prosper, in "Cihuatlyotl, Woman Alone".
In part V she explores the things that have troubled her, her entire life, and sees how the same things have kept down other people of her kin and ancestry. She feels sympathetic to these people, but it is mostly in the form of apathey because she herself feels like she isn't helpless, and that she can overcome anything.
In part VI she wants to let the reader know that she has grown and has learned a lot. She has become a self independent woman in a society that forces all people, especially woman, to rely on superior powers. In "To Live In The Borderlands Means You" she is trying to share what she has learned and let the people of the borderlands understand the ways of life they have been forced to live are unfair. As she puts perfectly in "Dont Give In, Chicanita" she must become and start a rebellion, a (r)evolution.