I walk to the chamber92Please respect copyright.PENANAqUM60m44GF
Where I will die,92Please respect copyright.PENANA2Sq6ITIL22
Head held high—92Please respect copyright.PENANAYTPRGeC9wz
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,92Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5BMuWoypT
Tilt my head,92Please respect copyright.PENANAijPfPSyff8
And greet the chair92Please respect copyright.PENANA5oPvsQc6q6
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,92Please respect copyright.PENANAt2IlH2lHtR
Straps crossing ribs,92Please respect copyright.PENANAmxDH5B17mC
Twice around my head—92Please respect copyright.PENANA6XQfbLhrxS
I chuckle softly,92Please respect copyright.PENANASBnwxmGw90
When I was born, I had a cradle.92Please respect copyright.PENANATX6UL2RyPX
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—92Please respect copyright.PENANAvDwDkp6hy2
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,92Please respect copyright.PENANA29OUj65RCe
The parents of those I stole.92Please respect copyright.PENANAuRjyxqRFoH
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,92Please respect copyright.PENANAYuGPIDa9gU
Watching the clock hands creep,92Please respect copyright.PENANATGWvLJURFl
Counting down the moments left92Please respect copyright.PENANAjQrDoM0qhq
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,92Please respect copyright.PENANAERDJzyfRBN
Their hate, their pain,92Please respect copyright.PENANAZChKBX44R5
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life92Please respect copyright.PENANAoj0vUVgXBL
Holds no more pages.92Please respect copyright.PENANACaOUIbe8ir
I am the final act,92Please respect copyright.PENANAvkqd9j4dPZ
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,92Please respect copyright.PENANAVs43Kv48gd
Fear in my eyes,92Please respect copyright.PENANAzwx6vKaWRo
To watch me tremble,92Please respect copyright.PENANAMXPh1z2a4v
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more92Please respect copyright.PENANA1J9zaZXs45
Than what I am.92Please respect copyright.PENANA4vnQZ7iSWV
I will face the storm and see God92Please respect copyright.PENANAs7tDYSL4Sq
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—92Please respect copyright.PENANAs8GmHOwyt4
“Any last words?” they ask.92Please respect copyright.PENANAf0nznrP6fn
I take a breath,92Please respect copyright.PENANA4dPFbZb2xn
A final gift,92Please respect copyright.PENANAVjmMWbN09J
Before my sins92Please respect copyright.PENANAHutv3urNfd
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,92Please respect copyright.PENANAWzgpJcbfea
But this moment is not yours—92Please respect copyright.PENANAs9Puyj1ctG
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,92Please respect copyright.PENANACkMadvmWZZ
Curses to ghosts,92Please respect copyright.PENANAoQfaOHcBXz
As the switch is thrown.92Please respect copyright.PENANArWXTrchSph
Lightning rips through me,92Please respect copyright.PENANAO19UoD6KrY
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,92Please respect copyright.PENANAOrRQKVSLxQ
Life was worse than death itself—92Please respect copyright.PENANA0ihY2wlHCS
For my father was my monster,92Please respect copyright.PENANALoeInzpBww
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands92Please respect copyright.PENANAjm3kb4lsvM
To bury myself deep,92Please respect copyright.PENANAZqveRyG7Sa
To never be his prisoner,92Please respect copyright.PENANA6fSHeTBH6A
To finally sleep.
And now—92Please respect copyright.PENANA087eMoulqu
I will never go unheard.