I walk to the chamber26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PVWkW2TIV
Where I will die,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1W9ivTcSq
Head held high—26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4jMw0Su7W
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTikGJBQhy
Tilt my head,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEgbdeRjmq
And greet the chair26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5S3BTsczaQ
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHaeOkl1PK
Straps crossing ribs,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9NPQ1hYqw
Twice around my head—26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxIeHbhvz5
I chuckle softly,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReO8hfINm7
When I was born, I had a cradle.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3iJkQ8L1d
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSR4F0Gc9kL
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdF60TgMDGw
The parents of those I stole.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9hzcgvG2o
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJynOwIqLp
Watching the clock hands creep,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNebxxkBOEM
Counting down the moments left26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVnJFIXpuR
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAnN9rKDYT
Their hate, their pain,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNzYjSQwgV
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcxaFZJ62U
Holds no more pages.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrRUMWvUIl
I am the final act,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZRGQhxuS2
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeaZZWxq4M
Fear in my eyes,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhM2qw5uuAX
To watch me tremble,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFdScaq9cj
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtWpWAjPAv
Than what I am.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0bden5N83
I will face the storm and see God26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfGwje8YI0
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEodClWa3z
“Any last words?” they ask.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmA1JLV81SH
I take a breath,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7lDhA4DSz
A final gift,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUd1FRfHI5
Before my sins26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalupxcMwll
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43qSOYlmcL
But this moment is not yours—26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0SWr4CaeW
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GbHopoSFc
Curses to ghosts,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyiYk0eKIM
As the switch is thrown.26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFBRjICSFe
Lightning rips through me,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MzVy4j8Pl
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMydREettgc
Life was worse than death itself—26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc55O2Y2LKw
For my father was my monster,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLiV9Auwgl
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ260M6ah2AJ
To bury myself deep,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSmmbHq4SE
To never be his prisoner,26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMuOeE1sfT
To finally sleep.
And now—26Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspgWrUYo4C
I will never go unheard.
