<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=359489" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Denial</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Denial is a sorry state of confusion<br>Like closing one's eyes in the face of a fire<br>Like going to sleep in the midst of an earthquake<br>The weirdest reaction for a state so dire.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Denial is the easy escape for cowards<br>The open door for those unable to face fact<br>The ultimate withdrawal of all logic and thinking<br>The sad resort of those who are last to react.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Denial is fatal for those who run governments<br>For the nation may be crumbling or it may be attacked<br>The shoving away of truth is a dangerous treatment<br>It may cost a lot more than the security it lacked.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Denial is no leadership virtue but a Liability<br>And those who have practiced it may be judged later<br>Though the present may save them from all responsibility<br>The pages of History may not treat them any kinder.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Copyright Cynthia Buhain Baello<br>March 12,2010</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Cynthia+Buhain-Baello">Cynthia Buhain-Baello</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=359489" data-title="Denial de Cynthia Buhain-Baello" data-description="Denial is a sorry state of confusion Like closing one's eyes in the face of a fire Like going to sleep in the midst of an earthquake The weirdest reaction for a state so dire. Denial is the easy escape for cowards The open door for those unable t..."></div> </div> </div>

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