Outside in the cold

Standing outside freezing when we came home from school
Was  something so very normal ; it became the rule
So no matter what  the temperature reading was outside
We stood there waiting for our abuser  to come let us inside

I  can still feel those cold days and how the wind would bite
How my  fingers were so frozen that  I felt I had frostbite
My toes, they wer were so cold I could hardly even walk
So chilled was my body;that  it hurt me even  to talk

We didn't have warm clothing one layer that was all
It causes me to shiver now ; as this memory I recall
Why I am remembering it; I really do not know
Other then the fact that I have a great love for snow.