I walk to the chamber56Please respect copyright.PENANAnZEGQQ4f7F
Where I will die,56Please respect copyright.PENANAHvtGnc1SDc
Head held high—56Please respect copyright.PENANAqG32SH3h55
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,56Please respect copyright.PENANASTCDoMb4V2
Tilt my head,56Please respect copyright.PENANAsRZKROZEbR
And greet the chair56Please respect copyright.PENANAuNgFwAtuOP
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,56Please respect copyright.PENANAyPdpqfWeLs
Straps crossing ribs,56Please respect copyright.PENANAFZ0GfvhJje
Twice around my head—56Please respect copyright.PENANAylc86z4TZS
I chuckle softly,56Please respect copyright.PENANACxOK6AOvQU
When I was born, I had a cradle.56Please respect copyright.PENANAUHTIRkBNW0
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—56Please respect copyright.PENANA4T6x8lQ6Sp
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,56Please respect copyright.PENANA4roRyCEiiC
The parents of those I stole.56Please respect copyright.PENANAKkVkQPImRW
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,56Please respect copyright.PENANAa6KGwCwJcN
Watching the clock hands creep,56Please respect copyright.PENANAZoLZhAHbxe
Counting down the moments left56Please respect copyright.PENANA4FfzIFKmd2
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,56Please respect copyright.PENANAWmtZpOnqcd
Their hate, their pain,56Please respect copyright.PENANAgeRGCtLoT6
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life56Please respect copyright.PENANAqbQ8AINr4a
Holds no more pages.56Please respect copyright.PENANAcLQg6n7Nra
I am the final act,56Please respect copyright.PENANAfdypdDEOJO
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,56Please respect copyright.PENANAnlbuPZ4rqL
Fear in my eyes,56Please respect copyright.PENANA7gIY43oCkB
To watch me tremble,56Please respect copyright.PENANAXEIfUfwxAR
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more56Please respect copyright.PENANANvX7eTfWIa
Than what I am.56Please respect copyright.PENANASa5XkToQcV
I will face the storm and see God56Please respect copyright.PENANAK9WEEqugv5
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—56Please respect copyright.PENANAU33MHJAQEw
“Any last words?” they ask.56Please respect copyright.PENANAyV6viqDMZz
I take a breath,56Please respect copyright.PENANAuuF0KWlVNe
A final gift,56Please respect copyright.PENANAWbGNJ4RDPk
Before my sins56Please respect copyright.PENANA1Vu43ozpBU
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,56Please respect copyright.PENANAUij9BCoSHI
But this moment is not yours—56Please respect copyright.PENANAqayB86oqWb
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,56Please respect copyright.PENANA4TLSqRq2Yg
Curses to ghosts,56Please respect copyright.PENANASpe3cy65QN
As the switch is thrown.56Please respect copyright.PENANADCgeZa9j6o
Lightning rips through me,56Please respect copyright.PENANA3FHlUBSBsw
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,56Please respect copyright.PENANAEKPh7O9ixD
Life was worse than death itself—56Please respect copyright.PENANABE1ALEHSOg
For my father was my monster,56Please respect copyright.PENANAXFycCM1cbc
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands56Please respect copyright.PENANACxMp2fPa9s
To bury myself deep,56Please respect copyright.PENANAqMFikYxgnu
To never be his prisoner,56Please respect copyright.PENANAMqJ0Kr3no5
To finally sleep.
And now—56Please respect copyright.PENANARMZkslHQ1l
I will never go unheard.