Henry Lewis

Henry Lewis a poet, novelist, and essayist living in the Minneapolis area with his lovely wife. He is a dawn-watcher, a night-sky-gazer, and a sojourner in a strange land. His work has appeared in Veritas Journal, Ekstasis Magazine, Story Warren, The Clayjar Review, and others. He has self-published two nonfiction books and frequently publishes essays on his substack A Curious Light.

The Kindness

The wind was from the northeast. A cold wind blowing light and steady with the predictability of winter coming on. It was late October. You knew winter was coming hard and there was no escaping it. You just had to bear it.
The man was in his early fifties and needed a shave, the stubble just showing on his cheeks. His broad face and blinking eyes were set to the wind and had a curious look of detachment.