I walk to the chamber57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVPrUAvTKx
Where I will die,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzKdJhi4PS
Head held high—57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESErtXmuQw
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyB7MnbHFAz
Tilt my head,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNToEuheyX
And greet the chair57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUnhMy18SZ
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3R8U1RGpW0
Straps crossing ribs,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoi23yP7ne
Twice around my head—57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjR2aO8nyx
I chuckle softly,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lfudLn1ZQ
When I was born, I had a cradle.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCporyBrbyJ
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlhNInJSai
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEzxSMR3V0
The parents of those I stole.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmieCENYtvR
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgGa17xNAt
Watching the clock hands creep,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutCWHFvtp1
Counting down the moments left57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26Rx4pH2bO
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxhLjfomum
Their hate, their pain,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdmWHd9yTp
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTdn7aiJf3
Holds no more pages.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVxKMptOFu
I am the final act,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFqXdbbSXA
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5M8fJ2e75
Fear in my eyes,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IY4FICTIB
To watch me tremble,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQpMHBzV1f
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6fkfvyjUr
Than what I am.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbILQCKMqo
I will face the storm and see God57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRUaspKnHz
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4XiOsYil4
“Any last words?” they ask.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepUBXJKwz5
I take a breath,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9PuhUL3aN
A final gift,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSB8AOYA2f
Before my sins57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE42JYaOtuW
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJv9mbMeTv
But this moment is not yours—57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA54ahjmFpv
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMK2WQORTx
Curses to ghosts,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLcXG9UJ90
As the switch is thrown.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSa02hJ8YXq
Lightning rips through me,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFrFaCrb8I
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIXVIe5mS6
Life was worse than death itself—57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPRET9QxS0
For my father was my monster,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTpBA3kDFK
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpc0YnFYJiX
To bury myself deep,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVVqA6LXfs
To never be his prisoner,57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNl6FX4uOsV
To finally sleep.
And now—57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudXW1wtNwQ
I will never go unheard.
