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.