I walk to the chamber24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOfA7j33x8
Where I will die,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzhZk2Z7PM
Head held high—24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9OWdVjkNL
They will not see me cry.
I enter the room with a wicked grin,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNq0OK07kr
Tilt my head,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWoZS6lLjU
And greet the chair24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcX3On0meL
Like an old, forgotten friend.
They tie me in, wrists bound tight,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjgFifRdCh
Straps crossing ribs,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3yLEt4FFO
Twice around my head—24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIfPnOKfYN
I chuckle softly,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo67JctW4Ur
When I was born, I had a cradle.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4ImVNotis
In death, this will be my bed.
A nod, the curtain lifts—24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOWrX3POSp
Their faces stare, hollow and cold,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBBiRcpTwo
The parents of those I stole.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIlHg8gWL0
They will savor this, I am told.
Yet in this crowd, I stand alone,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtT9yeW4h3R
Watching the clock hands creep,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cZLh2Lesv
Counting down the moments left24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohMw1jFJBi
For the governor’s call to ring.
I know they see me as disgrace,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioNU7LzIw0
Their hate, their pain,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rKM2PlWUh
Etched deep upon their face.
I know my book of life24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1CKFOUrAj
Holds no more pages.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaYWxBJOle
I am the final act,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUCxqUKwLP
Stepping onto fate’s dark stage.
They want to see regret,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVR7OFPGmEZ
Fear in my eyes,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1BOb6JYVH
To watch me tremble,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsUjgVYGv2
To hear my cries.
But I will give them no more24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0mEc38CVQ
Than what I am.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllBemhEufN
I will face the storm and see God24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyTeNIMsdC
As I change from boy to man.
A voice breaks through—24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavN7Usi1y5
“Any last words?” they ask.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAZNxXQt6a
I take a breath,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EdB8GMgpq
A final gift,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUH8iYlJtpr
Before my sins24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdnOaV8bjP
Meet their task.
"After today, I will not haunt your dreams,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsnG2bHcWQ
But this moment is not yours—24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRYywCZjhj
I am sorry… Now you will hear my screams!"
I scream with all my might,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdIskRaQg7
Curses to ghosts,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkl8WiiysbJ
As the switch is thrown.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmG2V48MHhE
Lightning rips through me,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCSkTUQVnI
Tearing away my light.
Since I was a child, I cannot lie,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Z9oXwxt1P
Life was worse than death itself—24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzj62O9HtJ
For my father was my monster,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CwCGvEhXa
And every day, I longed to die.
So I stained my hands24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRDdwvCypn
To bury myself deep,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQvTncl7KA
To never be his prisoner,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIDXJ5wgqb
To finally sleep.
And now—24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlZAdNfOhe
I will never go unheard.
