Do not compromise

Do not

Compromise

Your art

If you start

You must

Finish

If you finish

You must clean up

If you love

You must love well

And uprightly

And true.

Do not compromise

On anything

For every half

Won battle

Is a defeat

Every half lived

Dream

Is a nightmare

Every half

Loved minute

Is nothing.

To live

Is not something

You are given

It is a fight

Bloody and ruthless

For life

And vision

And art.

Do not compromise.