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A winter's day
Amid the shadows of December --
I am alone,
Watching, through my window,
The silent fields
Buried in a shroud of snow,
I am a rock
And also an island.

I build walls,
Steep and stony,
So no one can break me.
For the lack of friends
I feel no longing.
I scorn those who need allies.
I am a rock
And also an island.

I don't want to hear
The promises of a lover.
Because, once, I listened.
From that wound, long ago, my heart
Was struck down suddenly.
Agony alone remained to me.
I am a rock
And also an island.

With my books and my studies,
Fighting my feelings
I hide in my room.
I touch nothing;
I disturb nothing,
And nothing will disturb me again.
I am a rock
And also an island.

A rock feels no pain.
An island will not weep.

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