Awaiting My Fate
I sit staring at the gray, lifeless walls.
I sit staring
at the gray lifeless walls
I hear the footfalls down the hall
I know the time is drawing near
I stare down at my meal
my very last meal
A lovely steak
and big potatoes
The footfalls are closer now
I stare out through the bars
I see them getting closer
It is almost time
There are at the steel bars
The priest and the guard stand
I sit and finish the meal
awaiting my fate
The priest gives me absolution
as I take my last bite
I start to tear
knowing the end is near
I stand up
The guard shackles me
and leads me out into the hall
out of my home for the past fifteen years
Fifteen years of those gray walls
Fifteen years of that horrible food
Fifteen years without outside communication
Fifteen years of awaiting my fate
We walk down the hall
and I stare at all the faces
staring at me through bars
knowing they are witnessing my fate
We approach a gray steel door
Gray like everything else in this place
gray like an approaching storm
gray like a tornado coming to destroy life itself
I enter the room
The guard sits me into a chair
and straps me into it
as the priest finishes the prayer
I sit staring at the one way glass
A tear rolls down my cheek
as I await my fate
as I await to pay my debt to society
I look at the guard
whose hand holds the switch
ready to flip it
to end yet another life
The warden nods his head
I await the pain
as the guard flips the switch
to let me meet my fate
The jolt shoots through my body
a scream escapes my lips
my bowels release
blood drips from my ears
It is over
my fate has finally come
and now there is no more gray
only black
About the Creator
The Bearded Bartender
I am a creator of many things: stories, poems, songs, and much more. Here you will be able to read the insanity that runs through my mind, ranging from light hearted to complete darkness. Hope you enjoy the world inside my mind.
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