Name: Below the Weather & the Waves
Duration: P00H05M32S
Description: a dialogue between myself and the ocean, reminding me of a teaching from my favorite Zen-ish teacher: "During difficulty, see the place that has no difficulty."

Below the Weather & the Waves

by Melanie Ida Chopko

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a dialogue between myself and the ocean, reminding me of a teaching from my favorite Zen-ish teacher: "During difficulty, see the place that has no difficulty."

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I had started to believe
now I am back
to wondering if you hear me
did you turn your back?
on me your daughter at the water
wandering again

can’t you see that I’m tired?
this little heart
is just a muscle it’s only wired
to want what it wants
some helpless longing for belonging
calling again

(the ocean)
but don’t you know?
my salt runs in your veins
and don’t you know?
below the weather and the waves
there’s a calm cobalt blue
a quiet constant truth

I know this place is a mess
it’s not just me
in pieces lost and distressed
I’m just one more
small speck of sand here on dry land
stranded again

so I came here to pray
small up against
this vast and endless array
of water on stone
you could dissolve me or resolve me
all of me here

(the ocean)
but don’t you see?
this fog around your face
and don’t you see?
the beauty in this place
the space in between
things that go unseen
oh the spaces in between
all you cannot see

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released December 1, 2018
Melanie Ida Chopko - voice & guitar
Rob Reich - piano
Schuyler Karr - acoustic bass

written & produced by Melanie Ida Chopko
recorded & mixed by Jay Pellicci at New Improved Recording
mastered by Piper Payne at Neato Mastering
special thanks to Jean Rohe, Briget Boyle, Moorea Dickason, Austin Willacy, Adyashanti and Jason Simmons for the photo.

© 2018 Melanie Ida Chopko. All rights reserved.

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Melanie Ida Chopko Asheville, North Carolina

Songwriter Melanie Ida Chopko writes “little jewels,” exploring our relationship to the natural world and to one another. Her songs are as interested in the world around her as the one within herself, lush in melody, lyric and arrangement. If Joni Mitchell, Sufjan Stevens, and Ben Folds were neighbors and made music on Sundays, it might sound like this. ... more

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