I walk to the chamber38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBqD95PV29
Where I will die,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOORKlNrAz
Head held high—38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQgM99yIrx
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmVk4OWz0u
Tilt my head,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zT07T0QZX
And greet the chair38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JrV4gG6Mq
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT07C6lCeN6
Straps crossing ribs,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpoRyaubG6
Twice around my head—38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7xVPeCzCt
I chuckle softly,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WjKeGNJ1x
When I was born, I had a cradle.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92tZMigOWS
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDaaRGSq6r
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iNgumpaWN
The parents of those I stole.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Jn4Ugn60N
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKaGubj4vx
Watching the clock hands creep,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQd4lAfuH8
Counting down the moments left38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBZ692eTNg
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsVVCvbgof
Their hate, their pain,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JjjzMBCYD
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJaYu8czub
Holds no more pages.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7fIc6fVpl
I am the final act,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5prCvWFM1D
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4x9VRFF4CG
Fear in my eyes,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpV6bIrRaO1
To watch me tremble,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1ikY4KDju
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGUHgGU9KT
Than what I am.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVmhsZpnJs
I will face the storm and see God38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYUeJKoKRj
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNVUgpflWd
“Any last words?” they ask.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJGLD6VYyS
I take a breath,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ixKpSHeGK
A final gift,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBDtzHCoF2
Before my sins38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhvAfQ2Ok5
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOGIU7bzBx
But this moment is not yours—38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yOWWqEzVf
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkAcVYOkbd
Curses to ghosts,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunkwUJIDTC
As the switch is thrown.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPzWcAWPYs
Lightning rips through me,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2Z5YdMwj2
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YipeQIvj8
Life was worse than death itself—38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeTOdqKuy4
For my father was my monster,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKuXWjaoYB
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvjbQruF1M
To bury myself deep,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1V7MrZdzAk
To never be his prisoner,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOa5RoOYg2l
To finally sleep.
And now—38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEC3laHSvPw
I will never go unheard.
