A winter's day In a deep and dark December; I am alone, from my window to the 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 penetrate. I have no need of friendship; causes pain. It's laughter and it's loving I disdain. I am a rock, I am an island.
talk of love, But I've heard the words before; It's sleeping in my memory. I won't the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never have cried. I am a rock, I am an island.
I my books And my poetry to protect me; I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island.