elite_muses #33
#33 - Summer
When summer came in Mississippi it was too hot to stay indoors. That was what Mama said, and she chased us outside into the sunshine. The promise of sweet tea echoed on the porch and my brothers and sisters ran with me in the fields. It was one of the most simplistic times of my life, and one where I felt the most safe. There were no pressures then, except to abide by the rules of my family, and we were willing to do that. More than that.
When I moved to go to college I longed for the summer months, not for a break from my studies but for a chance to come back to all of that. It was precious, I know that now. I miss Mama’s voice, calling the way she used to. It all feels so far away, so foreign and strange.
It wasn’t perfect, anything about my life. But it was as close as it could have been and I should have appreciated it more. Everything changed, and I wish I’d been able to appreciate just how precious it was when I had it. I should have known. Mama would have been proud, to know just how much those summers meant to me.
Muse: Stacy Warner
Fandom: House M.D.
Word Count: 208