“Some people—and I am one of them—hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm is the norm. Doom should not jam. The avalanche stopping in its tracks a few feet above the cowering village behaves not only unnaturally but unethically.” ~ Vladimir Nabokov, PNIN
Photograph: © StephiaMadelyne
Brooklyn, NY
Art of the Familiar 
‘A fire escape’ is a good image to marry with this quote. With extra ladders no less. Metal lace. A suggestion of possibilities. Maybe torn metal lace somewhere in there.
Beautiful, thoughtful comment ~ thank You!