A winter's dayIn a deep and dark December
I am aloneGazing from my window to the streets belowOn a freshly fallen silent shroud of snowI am a rock I am an island
I've built wallsA fortress deep and mightyThat none may penetrateI have no need of friendship, friendship causes painIt's laughter and it's loving I disdainI am a rock I am an island
Don't talk of loveWell I've heard the word beforeIt's sleeping in my memoryI won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have diedIf I never loved I never would have criedI am a rock I am an island
I have my booksAnd my poetry to protect meI am shielded in my armorHiding in my room safe within my wombI touch no one and no one touches meI am a rock I am an island
And a rock feels no painAnd an island never cries