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