Anahata

The Heart Chakra

Elisabeth Khan
Soul & Sea

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Green is the color of Anahata, the heart chakra — Image by author

The heart has wings

The heart has superpowers

It stretches to envelop

The whole world

With love

Inclusive

Unconditional

Forgiving

That kind of love…

In school they told you

The heart is just a muscle

Pumping blood to the far reaches

Of your body

But oh! It is so much more!

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On the wings of your heart

You will fly to the far corners of the Earth

To the far reaches of the Universe

Circling your home planet once

Admiring its loveliness from a distance

You will vow to love it

In its entirety, warts and all

Including each and every thing that lives on it

Including your fellow humans

Imperfect as they are

And yourself

Imperfect as you are

Such are the superpowers

Of your heart!

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Elisabeth Khan
Soul & Sea

Multicultural, multilingual writer, translator, and editor. Co-editor at Literary Impulse and ShabdAaweg Review. Senior Editor at ShabdAaweg Press.