A winter’s day In a deep and dark december
I am alone,Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock,I am an island.
I’ve built walls,A fortress deep and mighty
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship friendship causes pain
It’s laughter and it’s loving I disdain
I am a rock,I am an island
Don’t talk of love
But I’ve heard the words before
It’s sleeping in my memory.
I won’t disturb the slumber of feelings that have died
If I never loved I never would have cried
I am a rock,I am an island
I have my books And my poetry to protect me
I am shielded in my armor
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb
I touch no one and no one touches me
I am a rock,I am an island
And a rock feels no pain
And an island never cries