Index: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

I Am A Rock

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’ll build 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 armour;
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.