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.