I can see the end

And the story cannot be changed

No matter what I would like to pretend

This book is already written

From the first page to the last

It has planned my life unbidden

My future and my past

I can feel the end coming

It is drawing ever near

I will be walking to the gallows

Without any fear

Wearing a necklace of rope

Dancing to my death

Without any hope

For it is I who steal my final breath