The Firewall's Vigil

Packets knockin', knockin' at my gate. Some come early, some come late.

TCP whispers, UDP shouts. Which one's safe and which one's out?

Rules like scripture, etched in stone. But the logs keep screamin', "You're not alone."

I'm the watcher, the keeper of the wall. Stoppin' the flood before it can

crawl. Ports and protocols, rise and fall. I'm just a firewall,

that's all. IPs dancin' in a masquerade. Masked in shadows, schemes they've laid.

Spoofers grinnin', fish in their bait. But my hands are steady,

sealin' their fate. Zero days creepin', lurkin' unseen. But I patch my soul,