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.
