Social Distancing

There was a girl I knew back in elementary school

She was a year or two ahead of me

Always pretty and smart

We were never quite friends

But we were definitely never enemies

She was the older girl I admired

And I was that kid

Her teacher's kid

You know how it is

She advertised that she was making face masks online

And I contacted her

And she delivered them to my house today

And we stood there social distancing

Hugs implied

While my little boy ran outside in his bare feet

Still not quite understanding

The need for distance

And I took the masks

And all the years that lay between us

And I said

It's so Good to see you

And she said

I wish it were under better circumstances

And I said yeah, that's true

But in that moment

All the old school ties

Still held and bound

And then she got in her car

And drove away

And I took my little boy back in the house

To try on his new mask