Tunnel Vision

The money-chasers will always
Tell you to diversify
Broaden your horizons
Don’t put your eggs in one basket
Have a ‘portfolio’
But this is counterproductive advice
To an artist
Who has tunnel vision
And would rather die
Than not pursue that one thing
The book
The painting
The sculpture
That one thing
That sets their soul alight
And keeps them from
The grave

I'm glad I have
Tunnel vision