The Burden

If
Fame
Should
Come,
What
Then?
Pursued,
Talked
Down
Everywhere
You
Walk,
Criticized,
Slandered,
And
Cruelly
Imitated,
Precious
Dreams
Negated.
Best
To
Endure,
And
Remain
Obscure,
Digging
An
Artistic
Trench,
Inch
By
Toiling
Inch,
And
There
The
True
Glory
Lies.
Finally,
The
Work
Itself
Is
The
Honor
And
The
Prize.