Words in the Wind

It was an incident,

Marked by a moment’s passing,

Soon to be forgotten,

Mentioned briefly,

About a stranger,

About all the strangers,

A happenstance,

Pedestrian and commonplace,

Like leaves falling from a tree,

Or the Autumn winds turning colder,

Or the broken shutter on Mr. Cropsey’s barn,

They said his brother just died in the war.