I walk to the chamber53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmTeAECcbf
Where I will die,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nuaoAStXD
Head held high—53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBatWCsgJMK
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAerAO0CUC
Tilt my head,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYjRmgG3zU
And greet the chair53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtsYREQVDt
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4qEdUlTm1
Straps crossing ribs,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5YTNqUO7p
Twice around my head—53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHffzOHhcvC
I chuckle softly,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfl22BvDWo
When I was born, I had a cradle.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPq7z8xZAR
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlhvGWfZuw
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAl9WkFQs0
The parents of those I stole.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQnCInik8d
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlWb4LdwfW
Watching the clock hands creep,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVnO77wkRQ
Counting down the moments left53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgl79mptgi4
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡue2Oz9U4Wc
Their hate, their pain,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMg7IQx6Rr
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncqZeMaKsd
Holds no more pages.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9RiXx4Awj
I am the final act,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPvNngeqYG
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusict8fxjK
Fear in my eyes,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5yeS31lY4
To watch me tremble,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvfhb3g5ta
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Cv0njZyQA
Than what I am.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQxrUc3bzy
I will face the storm and see God53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xpQkzpklL
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzfu0Blsj3
“Any last words?” they ask.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOEdztzVX1
I take a breath,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13jHRYPc0u
A final gift,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWK6j46aQGh
Before my sins53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDbThhOW8j
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIzxlEl8IV
But this moment is not yours—53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2JG1GEK4P
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtl9bwNEPKZ
Curses to ghosts,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdi41BEIT5
As the switch is thrown.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mF5pOfFc7
Lightning rips through me,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4j2ETG9ng
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxXmTxLDuR
Life was worse than death itself—53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRwUgBmNDO
For my father was my monster,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuo58BHVW0
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnGpWGD2Wy
To bury myself deep,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKTCNvNowO
To never be his prisoner,53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnit4wm2ME
To finally sleep.
And now—53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglebgIau7s
I will never go unheard.
