Cognitive Dissonance Squared

Cognitive Dissonance Squared

Each dragon entwines it's opposite

Each squeezing the other tight

They balance one another

They strive one with the other

One seeks to destroy the divergent

One feeds the divergent

Red dragon sees light and passion

Blue dragon sees darkness and defeat

The red dragon writes of joy and ecstasy

The blue dragon writes of sorrow and fear

Many times the red dragon feels desire and spits flames

Many times the blue dragon feels the pain and spits flames

They fight a deadly war between themselves

However both must forever prevail

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I liked this poem.
"The red dragon writes of joy and ecstasy
The blue dragon writes of sorrow and fear"
The above lines are very cool. Most of us must live with conflict. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[H.L. Cerveise]

Thank you for reading and reviewing this poem. Yes I believe all have this fight within themselves. Some don't feel it as deeply as others; however, it is there and both must maintain the balance or more is added to the chaos in this cosmos.

[Coyote Poetry]

I liked the thoughts in the words and you are welcome.

[Nessly]

Yin and Yang! Nicely written!

[H.L. Cerveise]

Thank you for reading and reviewing this writing. I am glad you liked it.

[Nessly]

You are welcome! :)

[Emily]

Lovely poem!
Keep it up!!

[H.L. Cerveise]

Thank you for reading and reviewing this writing.

[Marianne Rose]

I do love the different ways you play with opposing forces that need each other, complementary; even if in appearance, they are polarized and seem to be enemies. The nice paradoxes at the end- it's a deadly war but both must forever prevail- not a fight to the death as it would seem, where one wins. How can both prevail? Forever? I like the paradoxes here that challenge us to hold and honor both sides equally. Though of course, my mind will never grasp it. That's okay, my heart can. Good work!

[H.L. Cerveise]

Thank you reading and reviewing this writing. Yes, you are right it is a paradox, one that is without and within ourselves. The Dragons are entwined, one could say like Siamese twins with a shared organ or two.

[iamshadowine]

this is so good!! i loved it!
keep writing :D

[H.L. Cerveise]

Thank you for reading and reviewing my writing. I am glad you loved it.

[Darian B.]

This is definitely true. The emotions these dragons represent are so prevalent to life. Without the bad, there is no good and visa versa. It seems most poets on this site have both happy poems and sad poems because we all have those happy moments and sad moments. I really like the way you present them, and the picture is great for this. The one grammatical question I have is in the second to last stanza, is it supposed to be spites flames or spits flames?

The other question is rhetorical because I believe it is left unanswered intentionally, which dragon seeks to destroy the divergent, and which feeds it?
Very nicely done, it leaves me with a question to ponder which is always nice so thank you :D

[H.L. Cerveise]

Thank you for reading and reviewing my writing. Thank you for seeing the typo, I have changed it to spits like I wanted. You are correct on the divergent lines. This is a fight I think we all have; however, not all realize it.