March contest - Week 1-2 Sound of Silence - rewrite lyrics

For the Love of Comments

Hey there, Wattpad, what's your game

It seems you've made another change

Because my messages just don't appear

There are folks from whom I never hear

And the reason is the tinkering that you do

Leaves me blue

Without the joy of comments

I'm always notified so late

For my replies the people wait

I begin to think the words I write

Are hidden somewhere out of sight

And all those chapters that I post in willing haste

Just go to waste

They never see the comments

Then your Oops! page fills my screen

It tells me just how much you care

Pages vanishing without a cause

Your technicians blaming Murphy's Laws

And the words that I've written just vanish into space

They've lost their place

Along with any comments

"Jerks," I said, "Clean up your act."

Don't think they heard and that's a fact

But if they did I wish they'd pay some heed

And realize their member's need

That all writing doesn't revolve around a silly rank

Just someone to thank

I don't think they heard that comment

It's to the coin their focus tends

And what each willing member spends

Luring optimistic authors on

To sites like Amazon

Where they publish and then wait to reap rewards

From what appeal affords

Trading hope for comments