I walk to the chamber59Please respect copyright.PENANAG9MXppGYPj
Where I will die,59Please respect copyright.PENANAtgsbD222GH
Head held high—59Please respect copyright.PENANAzIPlIurws1
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,59Please respect copyright.PENANA3YXMbSS7Ul
Tilt my head,59Please respect copyright.PENANA1hMIgH4yX7
And greet the chair59Please respect copyright.PENANAtN7GGEL0uQ
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,59Please respect copyright.PENANA4VJo5XsPg5
Straps crossing ribs,59Please respect copyright.PENANAFssuTl5GIA
Twice around my head—59Please respect copyright.PENANAV9aCOrulxh
I chuckle softly,59Please respect copyright.PENANAMNbyVGPL0t
When I was born, I had a cradle.59Please respect copyright.PENANAAqS5Kskg3B
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—59Please respect copyright.PENANA2xm0fbrGRi
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,59Please respect copyright.PENANAn46nwqV82t
The parents of those I stole.59Please respect copyright.PENANAYwUa6RCmmR
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,59Please respect copyright.PENANAS1UP10VXJQ
Watching the clock hands creep,59Please respect copyright.PENANAgTIoXT1tG3
Counting down the moments left59Please respect copyright.PENANAdbH8FrJ0tL
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,59Please respect copyright.PENANAv0oLqZxI8V
Their hate, their pain,59Please respect copyright.PENANAW3tKAX10NN
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life59Please respect copyright.PENANAoceI6F6rN6
Holds no more pages.59Please respect copyright.PENANAJzRcuoTTK3
I am the final act,59Please respect copyright.PENANAY43D8X7kAQ
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,59Please respect copyright.PENANAZPZtKrc2ws
Fear in my eyes,59Please respect copyright.PENANAVjddfCj5SC
To watch me tremble,59Please respect copyright.PENANA84FEtp5MNR
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more59Please respect copyright.PENANADNUvQo2X5W
Than what I am.59Please respect copyright.PENANA8NOso8AC0W
I will face the storm and see God59Please respect copyright.PENANAaFRP5ul1a2
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—59Please respect copyright.PENANAlY6TjodLGz
“Any last words?” they ask.59Please respect copyright.PENANAwPsUcncp95
I take a breath,59Please respect copyright.PENANAT0EMeEkTAw
A final gift,59Please respect copyright.PENANAHXQmJxjSpb
Before my sins59Please respect copyright.PENANAv2Ox25KgGd
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,59Please respect copyright.PENANAcCq1RRFQjL
But this moment is not yours—59Please respect copyright.PENANAbSC8PvLl0t
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,59Please respect copyright.PENANAJoWF14JVwG
Curses to ghosts,59Please respect copyright.PENANAu3JYVunxCS
As the switch is thrown.59Please respect copyright.PENANA80uc5o0HFJ
Lightning rips through me,59Please respect copyright.PENANAgdNHbzZzIJ
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,59Please respect copyright.PENANASs7jbZ5usH
Life was worse than death itself—59Please respect copyright.PENANAikbOM9yhSe
For my father was my monster,59Please respect copyright.PENANAM8sFwyhzxp
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands59Please respect copyright.PENANAdutlaL6Uik
To bury myself deep,59Please respect copyright.PENANA3PNm8DD4c3
To never be his prisoner,59Please respect copyright.PENANA5FTzqhIDh3
To finally sleep.
And now—59Please respect copyright.PENANAtVxbANESXI
I will never go unheard.