I walk to the chamber87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNugxoQNPrl
Where I will die,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLj0pBNssza
Head held high—87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpRLePgvMf
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDXjIdy7vm
Tilt my head,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxmVdkJltu
And greet the chair87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XYOWIJcaQ
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTHnbyStZc
Straps crossing ribs,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHRFRNsDjI
Twice around my head—87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYr9ypIMqJC
I chuckle softly,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgzCR66Hpa
When I was born, I had a cradle.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpnzYajpkh
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoF3qrsZw1z
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllNNq34vMO
The parents of those I stole.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxO1D3xFiem
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyiIJivBdl
Watching the clock hands creep,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ITliIVGIP
Counting down the moments left87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0M70RqIMW
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLsxKvgcHK
Their hate, their pain,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZMrURoTJj
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxQcujrcxP
Holds no more pages.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwowARuoaSp
I am the final act,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6Ee50Bi51
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKM0Ow42pU
Fear in my eyes,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrvZvxBJPq
To watch me tremble,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhwnmxsWz1
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4W3kIDVsMw
Than what I am.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0edEvJZNpN
I will face the storm and see God87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGFkriZXbs
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDG7IA57kUZ
“Any last words?” they ask.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqg0JuqanLD
I take a breath,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySNQVsLI9J
A final gift,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gDw7Oj90B
Before my sins87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy61kcS4Bab
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONCwJdXjUu
But this moment is not yours—87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ohiTQm7R7
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzL8gxPTB5
Curses to ghosts,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfrasXEQuP
As the switch is thrown.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3JrfOdZTi
Lightning rips through me,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9nXkUCV0t
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHy7gpysuuz
Life was worse than death itself—87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXWuwWh9Zb
For my father was my monster,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBk2cb5D9T
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0ugjptq3B
To bury myself deep,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmndoviD0JN
To never be his prisoner,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMbbFRISqq
To finally sleep.
And now—87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRPbV9BSnx
I will never go unheard.
