I walk to the chamber58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbu8LsPqTN5
Where I will die,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgkrMzr2iy
Head held high—58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6jcyzKvgo
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZ53Vcegj6
Tilt my head,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSmrKlJpcg
And greet the chair58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCMTqJ7ar7
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0E7nCVhBFZ
Straps crossing ribs,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOvmduyixZ
Twice around my head—58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2ry7PhpyI
I chuckle softly,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowlgHAFiBX
When I was born, I had a cradle.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhliRfuJXMo
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXznWXLHcFD
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyTyrKODd0
The parents of those I stole.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwp8zwFokGu
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2dvpmB1MP
Watching the clock hands creep,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDXKUXfyii
Counting down the moments left58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwznbGVLSEw
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1KsWwLRlE
Their hate, their pain,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvZkbviPex
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyey7HvfHBd
Holds no more pages.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vY2gWGdj2
I am the final act,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7x0r3bdTu
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RWMcOn1my
Fear in my eyes,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvOsgTWuRD
To watch me tremble,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhf5iBamIus
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Dpi4IvNAY
Than what I am.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJU1RHhThq
I will face the storm and see God58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncZS3VP9xN
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1B1HOaUvu2
“Any last words?” they ask.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNiO0cpCXq
I take a breath,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcI0MjVWpV
A final gift,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdWni9Nlb5
Before my sins58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDhlEdchSF
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDo7ZggSSn
But this moment is not yours—58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5S49JtJiX4
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB30mO51EUS
Curses to ghosts,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqqj7syOTN
As the switch is thrown.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQfLpWwdRZ
Lightning rips through me,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQ5ZKq8h9n
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12VCaFUHhT
Life was worse than death itself—58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBn9W1pvtTS
For my father was my monster,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTryc0rLI9O
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡammEH5stsR
To bury myself deep,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNxOXy0Uv4
To never be his prisoner,58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTQn676ewm
To finally sleep.
And now—58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xz1FvnUdz
I will never go unheard.
