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
For 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
well I've heard
The word before
It's sleeping
In my memory
I won't disturb
The slumber
of feelings
That have died
if I'd 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 the rock
feels no pain
And an island
never cries~