Friday Night Dark Lights

A Poem of Hope on reaching my 100th Story on Medium!

2 min readNov 7, 2023

I made it finally, finally to 100 stories!

I should be thrilled but I felt that it took way too long.

What, almost 2 1/2 years?

This day was the epitome of both my life and writing journey.

I was deathly tired all day. Just exhausted. Too many work hours.

Too many life decisions.

Too much work just keeping it all together.

Just like writing on Medium. I have made so many great friends and writers here.

Way over one thousand human beings.

But many have moved on — Just like in real life.

It’s hard to not miss them.

But for everything, there is a season.

Life never asks whether you like the changes.

But on this challenging day a break.

I received a couple of great calls from my out-of-town family.

And a walk.

Into my beautiful meadow.

With an adjacent boardwalk.

Peace at last.

And hope and a little relaxation finally returns.

On this crisp 62-degree New England evening and a bright almost full moon.

I hear the tree frogs and crickets singing in background harmony.

The air is exhilarating with just a touch of coolness.

How lucky am I to be out enjoying the fresh smells?

Life now is enjoying the little things.

And hanging on for dear hope.

Thanks for reading my 100th published story on Medium. I appreciate you greatly.

Have a blessed day.