A winters 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 of 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
And 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 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 a rock feels no pain 
And an island never cries