anonymous

never having climbed too far

she hadn't far to fall ...

her choices were not easy ones

with her back against the wall ~

 the steady sound of water drips

was all that she could hear …

their ever rising levels

added fuel to her fears ~

she couldn’t jump – she couldn’t stay

she knew she’d die here either way …

with arms uplifted, clutching air

her final debt was paid.

may she rest in peace.

© Debbie Finlay

07-27-2011

taking it away

taking it away

even though she turned her back

and wished it all to fade to black

it was done and she could not ask

to make it right again …

the wild winds hammered through her soul

and left her feeling numb and cold

so before her heart could grow more old

her mind turned to stone …

she’d come too far to go back now

truth be told, she didn’t know how

so she kept her solemn vow

and waited for the end …

the  flames that shot through crumbling walls

could not calm her rage at all

so while the roof began to fall

she ran into the flames –

shouting out his name.

© Debbie Finlay

01-04-2012

a walk

though the path was overgrown

by years of sad neglect

she took a walk there anyway -

was there beauty left?

the quiet sound of pretty birds

had been her friend for years

and this day was no different -

it calmed her soul of fears ~

she sat down on the mossy grass

to rest and contemplate

a place to think about her life -

to think about her fate ...

then looking over to her right

just inches from her toes

arising proudly through the weeds -

a perfect deep red rose.

    ~~~~   

often it's the little things

that make us think, and nod

it comes as if by accident -

you're smiled upon by God.

hope is eternal.

© Debbie Finlay

07-31-2011

** This is dedicated to my beautiful daughter, Lauren ... who makes me believe in beautiful things ... happy (early!) birthday! Love, Mom :-)

anonymous

never having climbed too far

she hadn't far to fall ...

the choices were not easy ones

with her back against the wall ~

the steady sound of water drips

was all that she could hear …

their ever rising levels

added fuel to her fears ~

she couldn’t jump – she couldn’t stay

she knew she’d die here either way …

with arms uplifted, clutching air

her final debt was paid.

may she rest in peace.

© Debbie Finlay

shades of gray

the starkest shades of
black and white
when seen through youthful eyes ...
turn gently gray - their lines erased
when seen with love’s
great gift of time.

© Debbie Finlay



sleeper



as the day turned into night
and darkness filled the sky
i watched as you quickly fell
into a world of lies

into the land of peaceful sleep
with your dead reality
where nothing is quite what it seems
and your ghosts sing harmony

when shadows fall across your face
i'm looking for a clue
but you're blanketed with dreams
that i'm not privy to

in the morning when you wake
you start it all again
is this the day i see you
or will you still pretend ...

are you just a sleeper
on the road to nowhere fast
you can't have a present
while you're caught up in the past.

© Debbie Finlay

another player


i took a lot of chances
maybe they were wrong
maybe i am paying now
as you have been all along

isn't that what it’s about
what we call real life
and when the circus ended
we both turned out the lights

took a chance and placed a bet
on a thing that made us blind
left our own reality
to create a piece of time ...

our castle crumbled slowly round me
but was it really there
had it all been built on dreams
pretty lies whispered to the air

if i fell hard, don't let it wake you
this thing, too, shall pass
another lover, with clever lines
will also break this heart of glass.

taking chances - sometimes wrong ones
placing bets and stealing hearts
bodies hot, at midnight burning ...
and ending things that shouldn't start ~

play on ....

© Debbie Finlay

08-07-10 dhf.