A winter's day
In a deep and dark December
I am alone
Gazing through my window
To the streets below
On freshly fallen silent shroud of snow
I am a rock
I am an island
I've built walls, and you're just another brick in it
Fortress deep and might
That none may penetrate, you cannot reach me now, no matter how hard you try
I have no need for friendship, friendship causes pain
It's laughter and loving I distain
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 feeling 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 armour, in a perfect isolation, here behind my wall
Hiding in my room
Safe withing my womb
I touch no one and no one touches me
I am a rock
I am an island
And rock feels no pain
And an island never cries