I walk to the chamber41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBOLRmvfDf
Where I will die,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvk8wB2xP8
Head held high—41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0C8sW67jaM
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9l6nHLqCNF
Tilt my head,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QxU7us8JV
And greet the chair41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWOnOxp6Ad
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZX3VB9hLwZ
Straps crossing ribs,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbU4V0OZ66y
Twice around my head—41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCY4BglAJqd
I chuckle softly,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRSfdSuNkP
When I was born, I had a cradle.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7PEX3FqLy
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOjadaOFxV
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIFcoHIt8j
The parents of those I stole.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoeilpitpn
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4hz5gG14P
Watching the clock hands creep,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKnqYvANfk
Counting down the moments left41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLDrL9WcLB
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQb4CHiKvC
Their hate, their pain,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnKWbKIlm5
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KLWoKuNo6
Holds no more pages.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wkbctxsPp
I am the final act,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDC8tkxefa
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe28Mkk9Ovj
Fear in my eyes,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgaAbLqt8F
To watch me tremble,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlI37o3EhF
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOAiu0DDDk
Than what I am.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafwqioBlDg
I will face the storm and see God41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ685pn4uPkn
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0mcfa60lP
“Any last words?” they ask.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUwgehHCWm
I take a breath,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUrsBaLVbo
A final gift,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT95p1L3bJF
Before my sins41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXovG96bDcs
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfZ0unMeFW
But this moment is not yours—41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcoCnNdEaa
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSQYnchZHS
Curses to ghosts,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdeJkDTSJG
As the switch is thrown.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMvlXF1prP
Lightning rips through me,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUpB9t3dof
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHNiu5C7GK
Life was worse than death itself—41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoJnRERudY
For my father was my monster,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUtuH1SyUY
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyI9HSU5rb
To bury myself deep,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYc8S6dNIrS
To never be his prisoner,41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEAyfOWIHV
To finally sleep.
And now—41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsVjTYJoGX
I will never go unheard.
