We live in a time

where we’ve been taught

that the heart pumps

blood through chambers

a valve is like a door of which

you could step through to

get to the next room.

Up, down, side to side,

that’s how many visualize

the cardiac function.

We live in a time

where we’ve also learned

that the cardiac muscle

coils around itself,

and the blood flows

counterclockwise through

a dynamic vortex.

Swish, twist, relax, contract,

the heart is the spiritual center,

we’ve already agreed.

So how is it so hard

for people to rectify

two very different

images in their minds?