Made <br />A <br />Stupid <br />Mistake <br /> <br /> <br />Took <br />A <br />Silly <br />Dare <br /> <br /> <br />Wish <br />That <br />I <br />Could <br /> <br /> <br />Do <br />Everything <br />Over <br />Again <br /> <br /> <br />No <br />Pressure <br />This <br />Time <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />Would <br />Say <br />No <br /> <br /> <br />Even <br />If <br />Friends <br />Laughed <br /> <br /> <br />Called <br />Me <br />Cruel <br />Names <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />Would't <br />Give <br />In <br /> <br /> <br />If <br />Only <br />I <br />Could <br /> <br /> <br />Turn <br />Back <br />The <br />Time <br /> <br /> <br />But <br />I <br />Can't <br />Ever <br /> <br /> <br />Go <br />Back <br />To <br />Before <br /> <br /> <br />When <br />I <br />Was <br />Innocent <br /> <br /> <br />Living <br />Guilt <br />Free <br />Joyfully <br /> <br /> <br />Anticapting <br />A <br />Bright <br />Future <br /> <br /> <br />Now <br />It <br />Is <br />Darker <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />Tremble <br />And <br />Fear <br /> <br /> <br />Every <br />Knock <br />And <br />Noise <br /> <br /> <br />Bringing <br />Me <br />Much <br />Closer <br /> <br /> <br />Closer <br />To <br />Losing <br />Sanity <br /> <br /> <br />Afraid <br />To <br />Step <br />Forward <br /> <br /> <br />Knowing <br />That <br />I <br />Must <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />Swallow <br />My <br />Pride <br /> <br /> <br />Take <br />One <br />Shaken <br />Step <br /> <br /> <br />Forward <br />Then <br />Back <br />Again <br /> <br /> <br />Hiding <br />In <br />The <br />Shadows <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />Ache <br />To <br />Puke <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />Long <br />To <br />Run <br /> <br /> <br />Run <br />Away <br />From <br />This <br /> <br /> <br />The <br />Worst <br />Mistake <br />Ever <br /> <br /> <br />My <br />Youthful <br />Bliss <br />Over <br /> <br /> <br />Soon <br />To <br />Be <br />Judged <br /> <br /> <br />A <br />Outcast <br />Amoug <br />Friends <br /> <br /> <br />After <br />My <br />Terrible <br />Confession <br /> <br /> <br />Yes <br />Sad <br />But <br />True <br /> <br /> <br />No <br />Longer <br />Keeping <br />Silent <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />Must <br />At <br />Last <br /> <br /> <br />Admit <br />To <br />My <br />Shame <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />Am <br />The <br />Hacker <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2007 Ramona Thompson <br /> <br />Author's Note- <br /> <br />written and inspired by the point of view of a young teenage girl who became a hacker all because of one stupid dare.<br /><br />Ramona Thompson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-am-the-hacker/