*I have already shared this poem,as it was one of the very first post on HC.I liked it so much,i want to share it again in English Corner.
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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;
But I 've the word before;
Its sleeping in my memory,
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
If I never loved I would have never 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.
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