Poem a Day

So today starts the Poem-a-Day Challenge (create one poem each day this month based on the poetry prompt provided at this site.

Today's prompt: "I want you to write an origin poem. It can be the origin of a word, person, plant, idea, etc. Have fun with it."

So, here's my poem:


Conficktion

It started with a fear
that he would die alone
but more than that,
that he would die unknown.
Alone before his screen
he typed in solitude;
his antisocial tendencies
left his manners crude.
But still he yearned for more,
some credit, some attention,
and so he wrote an app,
an innovative invention.
But it wasn't quite enough
the popularity it did gain,
for he remained unknown
and that did cause him pain.
He sulked, until his thoughts
reached a dastardly thread:
instead of a popular app,
a virus he would spread.
And so began his life
as a computer hacker,
and night after night he coded
a veritable peace attacker.