I Am A Rock

A winter's day in a deep and dark December

I am alone

And gazing from my window to the streets below

One of freshly fallen silent shroud of snow

I am a rock

I am an island

I built walls and fortress deep and mighty

That none may penetrate

I had no need of friendship

Friendship causes pain

It's laughter and it's lovin' I distain

Oh I am a rock

I am an island

You talk of love well, have heard the word before

It's deep 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'm shielded in my own world

Hiding in my room, safe within my room

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

I am a rock

I am an island......