I only met
you once. You were all easy smiles and infectious laughter, you were really
there, in the moment, up on the stage, you gave everything and you just loved
every second of it.
You
represented everything I love about music; the hard work and dedication, the
joy, the emotion, the appreciation.
And you genuinely
cared. Even months after that show you still remembered all that we talked
about, you asked about our projects, our little lives that so briefly
intertwined with yours.
I hate that
I only met you once. I hate that we did not talk more often. I hate that I did
not get around teaching you all the Hungarian swearwords, that I did not get to
see you perform with your own band. I hate that now I never will.
At twenty-nine
you have more of a legacy than most people I know will have at eighty-eight.
I will
never forget you Simon. Rest in peace.