TOO COLD

I feel the chill as I stand in the corridor.

My skin was like ice to the warmest touch.

My hands turned blue, then an ugly purple too.

On duty they said I had to be, so what I said.

My knees knocked so hard that I couldn't stand still.

My whole body shivered with the cold air.

Now I know why no one else wanted to be there.

I wasn't allowed to wear my warm winter coat.

So I stood there, freezing, like a block of ice.

The cold was just too cold to bear.