I walk to the chamber39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObLppHwldk
Where I will die,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBEgYt7XEL
Head held high—39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Aci0M3C1w
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NrAhSDteB
Tilt my head,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUOKXmOdVI
And greet the chair39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejgu41emfL
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89XoTNb52a
Straps crossing ribs,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcD0AaVs4Fn
Twice around my head—39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJdqpDnwv6
I chuckle softly,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSg8nnIIgB
When I was born, I had a cradle.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0elqpUp37
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qIG1HFNqz
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkffWTY1jn
The parents of those I stole.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNSK0ppOwm
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYnJsNKVxf
Watching the clock hands creep,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnsmHimGFM
Counting down the moments left39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqsZntC3bl
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUJXK3Ml3f
Their hate, their pain,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gZ1kY9H12
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtAcNWVW6T
Holds no more pages.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI77Q1TZyGw
I am the final act,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EVuPzfWA1
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq49Qq151jy
Fear in my eyes,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAg9DLxiJL
To watch me tremble,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhvMB5S0LN
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iTURcX0nP
Than what I am.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIygGs8WsG9
I will face the storm and see God39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCz5K8CLDkS
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEGdA0cu4T
“Any last words?” they ask.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJBGDAU1By
I take a breath,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Q9ipd11CD
A final gift,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kTXLcR1lT
Before my sins39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEaS5VYhxV
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwO0w1GUOy
But this moment is not yours—39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOQXpXMhno
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSzAWlRARi
Curses to ghosts,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEXjgOLewU
As the switch is thrown.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQeYkUEdQf
Lightning rips through me,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkpssqTH0Z
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnp5syqWIH
Life was worse than death itself—39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweVQqYxCje
For my father was my monster,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYeqs5jfun
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAg9Yy6eq0K
To bury myself deep,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSAV0VOB8e
To never be his prisoner,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJIVwfJgRX
To finally sleep.
And now—39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYuvr3d0fC
I will never go unheard.
