An Extra Hour
A poem by Madlynn Haber

An Extra Hour

Give me an extra hour
I promise not to squander it

I’ll follow a fox down a path into the forest with longing

I’ll dance in the dark dressed as a bear

Give me that extra hour to wait for the first rays of sun

to say goodbye to the night shift as they leave
and greet the morning cleaners one last time

I will savor the spare hour

use it to hold a cold hand, capture a fleeting vision
leave food on the doorstep of the hungry

In its last seconds, I will stare from a window
at a quiet landscape blowing wild in the wind

About the Author:

Madlynn Haber lives with her dog, Ozzie, in a cohousing community in Northampton, Massachusetts. After retiring from a long career as a clinical social worker, her focus now is on her writing. She has had many poems and essays published in literary journals and anthologies including Adult Children (Wishing Up Press, 2021),  New Verse News, Muddy River Poetry Review, Poetica Magazine, Buddhist Poetry Review, Eunoia Review, Months To Years and other journals. She is currently working on putting together her first collection of poetry. You can view her work at www.madlynnwrites.com.

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