I walk to the chamber40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllamIOukzI
Where I will die,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCalNmQsvJ
Head held high—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfjmbKqXBL
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0JiOeuCUm
Tilt my head,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiADA4NK86
And greet the chair40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF215l6BruP
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAgSxyafaW
Straps crossing ribs,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FKGVj9Per
Twice around my head—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSzboluaKQ
I chuckle softly,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DXuRl3pJT
When I was born, I had a cradle.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGeYzFsmJE
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64nxV1DIcd
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49GErkLB8G
The parents of those I stole.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHXpUEi4ae
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKIgiEF2RZ
Watching the clock hands creep,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BraQc217b
Counting down the moments left40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuAJx7amoe
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEoEjvNQcd
Their hate, their pain,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUdQRUdsxM
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuZksMrAO3
Holds no more pages.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyS2ZvCCu5Y
I am the final act,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFupGKzHZJr
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKC8cLLYit
Fear in my eyes,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqo7aiVFpj8
To watch me tremble,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6iSLMo06F
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAlwDTjAwe
Than what I am.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3q9Unh0Bd
I will face the storm and see God40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OCAC0u5VN
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1l5pt62vky
“Any last words?” they ask.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeRQnTOesU
I take a breath,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI475Vqd9WH
A final gift,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlDOfxQwE1
Before my sins40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSInWHRvN9
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05PoNhoAMt
But this moment is not yours—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNILmeQQLc
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObtkdbmyCO
Curses to ghosts,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFiOMiT1N9
As the switch is thrown.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1IZFjjTh2
Lightning rips through me,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCz1E8NeWV
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ATnc63NBg
Life was worse than death itself—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkoSmkfKNS
For my father was my monster,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcY8OKzNkP
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yNQhHHjG6
To bury myself deep,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTIXSCgyPi
To never be his prisoner,40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdK8ajYB5TV
To finally sleep.
And now—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBTwIH5Vdm
I will never go unheard.
