Chilled To The Bone

Etched in my memory 
A night I'll never forget 
When I stared in a monster's face 
Regretting the day we ever met 

The argument started 
Who knows why 
Cruel words spoken 
That made me cry 

He kicked me in the stomach 
It took my breath away 
I tried to run 
I tried to get away 

He ripped my shirt off 
I run out the door 
He was so mad 
Humiliating me was his chore 

Cars were going by 
But the fog had rolled in 
Thankful it's cloak 
I was shielded within 

He made me leave the property 
So I went next door 
To an abandoned house 
And sit on the floor 

That's when I realized how cold it was 
The windchill factor was 23 below 
The cold bitter wind bit into bare skin 
I was so cold that I decided to go 

Back inside with the monster within 
I boxed up my things, boxed up my life 
He was so furious that 
He came at me with a knife 

He stabbed the box that I was holding 
I dropped it and fled 
He grabbed me and slammed 
The wall with my head 

I ran out the door 
Tried to hide 
He shot over my head 
I could have died 

I run back to the abandoned house 
Begging for something to put on 
The cold was settling in 
Chilling me to the bone 

He brought my clothes out 
And cast them on the ground 
Here they are soak and wet 
Saying it in that evil sound 

When he went in the house 
And closed the door 
I grabbed a shirt and shoes 
I was so cold I wanted more 

I was freezing, chilled to the bone 
wet clothes freezing stiff on my frame 
Feet like ice, fingers were numb 
I felt like I would never be the same 

Cars were coming by 
too embarrassed to flag them down 
I hid in the shadows until they went by 
It could be Him and I would be found 

To my parents house I was going 
I walked two miles in the bitter cold 
I faced my family 
Expecting to hear a told ya so or scold 

Instead they put me in warm bath 
The bruises were forming on my skin 
Tears were flowing 
From both me and them 

My dad got down on his knees 
He rubbed my feet from blue to pink 
I went to bed 
I'm slumber I wanted to sink 

As a result of that night 
A child was lost 
The memory never goes away 
I still feel the loss 

To this day when winter sets in 
It so cold that it makes you moan 
Memories flood back to what he did 
And the way I felt, being chilled to the bone