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 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, 
I've heard the words 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 can feel no pain; 
And an island never cries.