Steel bars rust with age

Locked inside a metal cage

Guards that drag you down the stairs

Hurting you without a care

Towering high above the town

No hope of ever coming down

Apart from walking to your death

In which you will take your final breath

Your skin is sallow

Your breathing shallow

As you approach the deathly gallows

Step by step up to the noose

There's no time to plead your truce

The noose is on

The blindfold tied

No one can see the tears you cried

Your snuffles are unheard by unkind cheers

Cries of delight

And horrible jeers

The hangman appears from the crowd

His foul stench cruel

His breathing loud

His footsteps make the floor pound

All is silent

But this sound

CLUNK!

The lever is drawn

The trap door wide

Half your body hangs inside

And that's your life

Full stop

The end

I should have been a better friend

As I watch from my cell

I hope you know I wished you well

The guards are coming to my room

Looks like I'll join you very soon.