Sitting on the bench, watching families wander past, surrounded by cages and glass. Me looking at you, you looking through me. Am I as free as I’m led to believe?

Our hands rest side by side, inches and miles away. If I left, would you watch? I won’t say goodbye.

Jill Robinson is an author, wife, and mother of two. She has published personal narratives in two Chicken Soup for the Soul books, the upcoming book, So God Made a Mother with Her View From Home, as well as two anthologies with Moms Who Write, The Order of Us, and The History of Us. Jill creates dark fiction online with Kindle Vella. She is currently editing her first full-length dystopian novel. She creates humorous writing memes for Moms Who Write. You can follow Jill on Instagram at @firstdraftdotblog.