Bicycle Info

Penance

Lost in time a boy climbs a tree lost in thought
A dollar in his pocket wondering what might be bought
Another boy slides home, the ump calls him out
He throws his hat at the dugout and while other kids shout

The sun in the sky had been high and hot
but now it's gotten low as if the day had begun to rot
His mother had warned, "Now don't be late"
Burgers for dinner would be his fate

As he sprinted for home, his face went pale
Dad was already home, the race he had failed
The boy trudger through the door to face his fate
No dinner for sure, his punishment now for being late

Something was different, he could tell by their eyes
A bell rang in the distance, Mom started to cry.
He felt kind of faint, as if everything mattered
Then he looked down at a bike that was shattered

Where is my brother, he managed to query
His mother in tears, his dad said don't worry
where is my brother, he yelled it this time
His father looked at him as if committted a crime