Message from Pamela
Friday July 15, 2005

The Fourth Commandment

I would rather
break my bones
than
“turn against them.”

I would rather
swallow poison
than
“turn against them.”

I would rather
live in the wilderness
than
“turn against them.”

I would rather
carve scars on my flesh
than
“turn against them.”

I would rather
have my womb
ripped
out
by a surgeons
thumb
than
“turn against them.”

I would rather
go childless
than
REPEAT EVER AGAIN
the violence
that was done
to my soul.

I would rather.
Turn against them.

Pamela