Selma Kopic

Recent poem by ----- Selma kopic Denial doesn't change the truth Relationship to me is like welcoming at an airport - great at first and later waiting when he will leave. You plan, you you imagine ... You never think that everything could disappear in the blink of an eye. Because, when you get what you want, you have something to lose. With our wedding, we celebrated our last moments before the dark side. Now we hate ourselves fiercely, as only childhood friends can. No sex since the baby was born. And the kid is going to college next year. Denial doesn't change the truth. Sooner or later we must stop denying and face the world, regardless of the dangers. Denial isn't just a river, it's the ocean. The world of pretense is a cage, not a cocoon. This is the truth about truth: it hurts. And that's why we lie to ourselves. And we hope. Despite reason, despite the experience, like children, we never giv...