Boon Or Bane Poem by Patrick Akhudu

Attention, Techno-savvy Generation!
The gadgets of your great age
Have a side of bright boon
And another of black bane;
Darkness and daylight in one space!

If you should log onto the Net,
Then beware of strange company:
Cyber-bullies and virtual stalkers -
The hyenas on the virtual-loose
They'll defile your space and spirit.
Name, shame and tame them!

If you should find friends on the web,
Then beware my little ones!
Strangers may sound so sweet,
Yet are vile, vicious and love to vilify!
Do not die to date or meet them;
They can mete mean misery.

If you should visit the chat-rooms,
Then be nice to fellow netizens.
A kind word wields wisdom.
But should they get into your nerves,
Filling you with offensive feeds,
Don't hesitate to hit Report Button!

If you should walk the cyber-space,
Then protect your virtual prints;
Cyber-fraudsters are on the prowl!
Secure your pins and passwords,
Lest you lose your identity
And Serve yourself untold sorrow!

So keep vigil, little lads and lasses.
Do not relent; do not forget.
They who dare the wide wild world
Must move with utmost caution!
Cybernauts, fore-warned, fore-armed!