I walk to the chamber43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzRajrO7ew
Where I will die,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LWAKdztgf
Head held high—43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PPTMuMkh7
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoOd3WiS6O
Tilt my head,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKW2sjfXmj
And greet the chair43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgK4xnK9v2R
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0uEdkDfhq
Straps crossing ribs,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl34dcKliqu
Twice around my head—43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPF2J6uRJL
I chuckle softly,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgliFJ4OO8M
When I was born, I had a cradle.43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9unGyu8F6
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZuqyKUHIU
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYvVofL4V5
The parents of those I stole.43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5jwLc4roM
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnoKq6Tv5J
Watching the clock hands creep,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhX0lr73aR
Counting down the moments left43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmhfn53hRB
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8o12UyYFd
Their hate, their pain,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RflndGkeR
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5qjNoZRuZ
Holds no more pages.43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HvnTaLM5A
I am the final act,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAOomyblbJ
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32xC05DSt2
Fear in my eyes,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMWL8g1Xtw
To watch me tremble,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQ9KCUWRBi
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAORRTYafn
Than what I am.43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMZG98HclS
I will face the storm and see God43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UnbYBxPdE
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vJa1iVOC1
“Any last words?” they ask.43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pTxvj0qCO
I take a breath,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucqnruYZ7O
A final gift,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjl9iLh8s1v
Before my sins43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjnGC0eEmT
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShWmZWJILi
But this moment is not yours—43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVAS2vPqnT
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUkJxypHUZ
Curses to ghosts,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzDTLqyqGO
As the switch is thrown.43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxO6OV8vZB
Lightning rips through me,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBc6p3rW2i
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bsptaABJw
Life was worse than death itself—43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGz0qXIZBg
For my father was my monster,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnwGDPOX3M
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FAIzvptUg
To bury myself deep,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkcjnPEkZp
To never be his prisoner,43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLzeQv6alR
To finally sleep.
And now—43Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7VELTU7zt
I will never go unheard.
