Money

Bail money is freedom

but it’s not free

Bail money means going home

but it’s like renting time

Bail money made me feel as if

there was justice

Bail money let me know that

people believed me

Bail money was Umi’s friends

and family giving everything they could

Bail money was envelopes

in our mailbox

Bail money became online petitions

and a GoFundMe page

Bail money was

invisible handcuffs

Bail money was a promise

to put back on real handcuffs

Bail money is not going to

save me now