Caged & Convicted

I am a murderer, or so I’ve been told;

Having been convicted, I sit here alone;

This grimy cell has too long been my home;

My appeals have exhausted, there’s nowhere else left to go;

The clock on the walls tick closer to twelve;

In some mere minutes, I’ll be sent to hell;

Guilty by charge, I rather feel compelled;

To unburden this soul before I’m felled;

I took what I wanted, from anyone, anywhere;

They didn’t deserve it, it was just so unfair;

The warden has now arrived at my door;

To lead me on my last walk, down the corridor;

I’d never taken life so seriously before;

Now that the poison will be injected, it’ll course through my veins;

My systems will shut down, I pray there’s no pain;

To my parents, I’m sorry, my life was lived in vain;

To my victims’ families, I apologise again;

I‘m a condemned man with no one to blame;

I‘m a condemned soul, filled with sorrow and shame;

Time has now come and so I shall pay;

For my sins without any delay.