Stormy day

I am unbothered like a closed window on a stormy day — soundproof for gossip, insulated for shade, I keep my temperature and my tally, and your chatter is just background static

They threw pebbles that sounded like applause (mm)

I built a moat of routines, compliments float, insults sink (skrrt)

I smile on the surface like a calm sea, underneath — I have engines (nah)

You wanted reaction, I gave a weather update: “clouds, no precipitation” (nope)