I walk to the chamber73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6rEl3T5M7
Where I will die,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYh2NTCp7AC
Head held high—73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8BAOP0jwO
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvEUgmrrAE
Tilt my head,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqDZEdBetD
And greet the chair73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSUDRTwAjl
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16Rrk7c55Q
Straps crossing ribs,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjq5eFrnPsh
Twice around my head—73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYaXFXppw7
I chuckle softly,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLTX2kyOEv
When I was born, I had a cradle.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PYDA3leu7
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDfeL0SuXA
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlqOnMurMV
The parents of those I stole.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3mFxbEOIK
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlVDwLacpN
Watching the clock hands creep,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINQ39fAExk
Counting down the moments left73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxo0O3t4WvM
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLAjwg1S5T
Their hate, their pain,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSmYh2Bpuu
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70IOK3P0bL
Holds no more pages.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYPQ1m6G5p
I am the final act,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJauKKaaoB
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVGWJ7xxCV
Fear in my eyes,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbF98AGTQU
To watch me tremble,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjJp1fLsME
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvD2vFVEH8
Than what I am.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OlvzefiLY
I will face the storm and see God73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HprNHqdvJ
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4QAVQON5Q
“Any last words?” they ask.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIhf4degL6
I take a breath,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZTReyDScq
A final gift,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBN6pX1DuA
Before my sins73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbVSQCgFH5
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5O5HR0lJku
But this moment is not yours—73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKa2ash34Lj
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV17oHx5ud4
Curses to ghosts,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhP7sZO3hD
As the switch is thrown.73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaKZb7HdGq
Lightning rips through me,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsFyEeZtP3
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwNOGdwP27
Life was worse than death itself—73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinYPSHHUZD
For my father was my monster,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhjTH7hXbp
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuvOh6ZPZK
To bury myself deep,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3uNtsWdqz
To never be his prisoner,73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MmybSrF1d
To finally sleep.
And now—73Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05eXWSb1Up
I will never go unheard.
