I walk to the chamber25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2mrpetwbR
Where I will die,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkP3JQewlv
Head held high—25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIH002vdTm
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosQPiUtNt6
Tilt my head,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvg9w6QHKLt
And greet the chair25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCWoZa9tgj
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJF2TGBEUe4
Straps crossing ribs,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsgiCf6HPJ
Twice around my head—25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fcjHxhoGy
I chuckle softly,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiTrUlre7X
When I was born, I had a cradle.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9B5Fa8jkc
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLy7vlxpaC9
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDi7uvFGaiD
The parents of those I stole.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoOK3o4WVm
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2pcG046bc
Watching the clock hands creep,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsMcbSjFMz
Counting down the moments left25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4ERYjcaF5
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxwvQhbNx8
Their hate, their pain,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09Uut1ZppS
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelciSvNvlP
Holds no more pages.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiYqug2QdW
I am the final act,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXwl9iqNFJ
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZaE82ELPi
Fear in my eyes,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rnv51uYRb
To watch me tremble,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInH1cQjPNc
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZevXJmECI0
Than what I am.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBbXfTsExj
I will face the storm and see God25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWNcLQyZzn
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdNPf6kM2I
“Any last words?” they ask.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqTnMVcLqL
I take a breath,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe57OTa5kLB
A final gift,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIPRniucV5
Before my sins25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOfAc6zs2H
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpvJnGXGgl
But this moment is not yours—25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GgFRZDs1M
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GoLHtsD6X
Curses to ghosts,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0RhlMceLI
As the switch is thrown.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuJSVVWCz8
Lightning rips through me,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAbdhwCiID
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15rPSIuxq5
Life was worse than death itself—25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKskRvydM8W
For my father was my monster,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBC8vvGE2J
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2WkA7SM3f
To bury myself deep,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqE8YO9DFNm
To never be his prisoner,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkO2KrYr9zP
To finally sleep.
And now—25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNNhQHkc5t
I will never go unheard.
