I walk to the chamber37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMvmLaqdV7
Where I will die,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGg3NQCxGJ
Head held high—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡber7UQ54MV
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxYUalz030
Tilt my head,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoE6e1lAt7
And greet the chair37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zlUK78Dcy
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi81VNXRwuC
Straps crossing ribs,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNpMj7Z8pP
Twice around my head—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGkfpQP85J
I chuckle softly,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3SrA6Uq0Y
When I was born, I had a cradle.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuPJyTGnm8
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGbF4kJqSf
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZU3fhdfwW
The parents of those I stole.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1Jgi8vEe7
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3S1LVKQ8Yf
Watching the clock hands creep,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJTkFF0f2p
Counting down the moments left37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bC68Itwl9
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99sW6OrSAX
Their hate, their pain,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJ0r9p0pen
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oT3XKud2Z
Holds no more pages.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bZud6Na4q
I am the final act,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLTL5qGOrR
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkF2qdYyfr
Fear in my eyes,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioqL4EDMt3
To watch me tremble,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVV2nZmYMZ
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwyWGsTB0l
Than what I am.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iYXk8sYDU
I will face the storm and see God37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonDh2KNBVo
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PAldtP3P8
“Any last words?” they ask.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNJQKIou7v
I take a breath,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnYwZSiWfX
A final gift,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndANuaH5gf
Before my sins37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2J6zPlqSl
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NVJVy4zJa
But this moment is not yours—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvBeWAlDW0
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7VlAoMEiA
Curses to ghosts,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLojQpTi2QC
As the switch is thrown.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNkZ9Oitct
Lightning rips through me,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bYOsec7yy
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtV7uaaNztC
Life was worse than death itself—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97jI4lCoWJ
For my father was my monster,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfx5dfgUcI
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmxPANe4VG
To bury myself deep,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqMzx4UHRB
To never be his prisoner,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNFBm1qDoe
To finally sleep.
And now—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUc0T19JXxD
I will never go unheard.
