I Am A Rock

1. A winter's day in a deep and dark December
   I am alone 
   gazzing from my window
   to the streets below
   on a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow

R: I am a rock 
   I am an island. 

2. I've built walls a fortress deep and mighty
   that's none may penetrate 
   I have no need of friendship,
   friendship causes pain
   it's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
R:

3. Don't talk of love but 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 never loved I never would have cried.
R:

4. I have my books and my poetry to protect me
   I am shielded in my armour 
   hidding in my room
   safe within my womb
   I touch no one and no one touches me.
R:
 + and a rock feels no pain
   and an island never cries ...