I walk to the chamber74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDOfzTLyfr
Where I will die,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKAgLXdQkN
Head held high—74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlvZjnjrXc
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYbuOuiX4d
Tilt my head,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GYiqWLnLy
And greet the chair74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRQEXwchbz
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PmzmIB7dB
Straps crossing ribs,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TaMfzyPNl
Twice around my head—74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BYuPZVzzY
I chuckle softly,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBrFiZvlg1
When I was born, I had a cradle.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0PFUWIWDz
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwEeXDoAjC
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCuy8fIi74
The parents of those I stole.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPV4RkqLKqg
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhpPDsPltT
Watching the clock hands creep,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Yj8N9oNeM
Counting down the moments left74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiiRbgSBeE
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCTkTgzCa7
Their hate, their pain,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQU37iHEoF
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2r42LO2n0r
Holds no more pages.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDwjyHG1L9
I am the final act,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTRrGpv1V2
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFwUmgEdV4
Fear in my eyes,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wVLGpMdgo
To watch me tremble,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUZBiTAgFf
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYHdL1UQJd
Than what I am.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsC8Du5NvL
I will face the storm and see God74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRREurdR6Mf
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdQcYLamFL
“Any last words?” they ask.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhW7m2OLHTQ
I take a breath,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG021de2u5J
A final gift,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClNn1DQnCQ
Before my sins74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLMAvPi9Tl
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgY4np98vWw
But this moment is not yours—74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfc9QgcvVX0
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTatHCOV92
Curses to ghosts,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXAwUzVvZf
As the switch is thrown.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUE0FGxVIe
Lightning rips through me,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDmSa1DdZI
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8s6rK1CXd8
Life was worse than death itself—74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLYCFjUZqk
For my father was my monster,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JjhUbhzkz
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRWo7dZL52
To bury myself deep,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFu7Qf0KbCf
To never be his prisoner,74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTFrivFGxV
To finally sleep.
And now—74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkRPrRPchW
I will never go unheard.
