Sadly today I’ve been met,
With an untimely surprise,
Which I say with some regret,
Will bring my timely demise.

It inspires naught but shame,
This way I carry myself.
Grants to me a certain fame,
Inappropriate by itself.

But I must not run away,
Must not let my courage sway,
Must take the due punishment.

So that one not distant day,
I can firmly find my way,
Be one of the innocent.