Meditations on the Anahata Chakra
Meditations on the Anahata Chakra
1
it’s so obvious
this vein bent close
to the ear beating
its drum
so that I hear it night and day
here’s how to write it out
whoa whoa whoa whoa
it’s just one word this two-valved sound
the door opening
and shutting
always down as two iambic beats
but you would know
if you heard it
its one word caution
to a stubborn mule
whoa whoa
sometimes the obvious is the only way
to get attention
ask Saul knocked sideways on the road to Damascus
ask any woman in labor
ask the one who said
she couldn’t stop for Death
whoa
sometimes you’re forced
to listen with your skin
Sherry Robbins, from Pilgrimage