Why No Reads?

I wrote a story

Nobody read

My soul shriveled

Slightly more dead

I lifted my pen

To try again

Hoping my need for

Validation be not sin

I thought my little tale

Quite fun indeed

Yet again, not a single read

I sighed and set

My pen aside

Wondering why nobody

Came along for the ride

So I went to home page

Looked thru stories others made

Some were quite good

Others not so great

Yet each a piece

Of the writer’s soul

Cast into the void

Out into the cold

Each hoping to garner views

Reactions of various hues

Praying for comments, likes, shares

Hoping someone tastes their wares

So I stepped out

From my insular page

Tried to see what secret made

Some author’s all the rage

While others stood on stage

Performing a one man show

To which no audience go

When I began interacting

With other’s works

Discovering each author’s

Personal quirks

I found I had much to learn…

Mayhap even somewhat to teach…

So while for likes my heart doth yearn

I found new goals for which to reach

My mission still to share my stories

But also to give other’s

Their personal glories

So I click on likes

Try to add a comment .. generally nice …

Give a little bit

Of constructive criticism

As well as the occasional

Humorous witticism

Now at least I garner some reads

A few that actually follow my leads

Remember that while your journey

May seem hopeless, solitary

You are not alone in

Writer’s purgatory

So join in and interact

If subscribers

You wish to attract