For Sam

The way you keep one foot
anchored to the seabed,

but find a way to stretch your neck
above the water's surface

amazed me, amazes me.
So the music comes

like old friends on the telephone,
like places we visited

as children, but never forgot.
I want to run into the street,

and advertise: There are still
Truth-Seekers among us, people!

Keep rocking, and keening,
please. It's important.