Opposites Attract

Lust is Man's built-in addiction
  Love is Woman's

Love is Man's failsafe trap
  Lust is Woman's

Marriage is Man's unreasonable pledge
  Trust is Woman's

Trust is Man's natural ignorance
  Marriage is Woman's

Fidelity is Man's cool indifference
  Faith is Woman's

Faith is Man's lack of knowledge
  Fidelity is Woman's

Anger is Man's impulsive resort
  Crying is Woman's

Crying is Man's final debasement
  Anger is Woman's

Regret is Man's ultimate pain
  Divorce is Woman's

Divorce is Man's reliable commitment
  Regret is Woman's

Sex is Man's transient pleasure
  Romance is Woman's

Romance is Man's fool's gold
  Sex is Woman's

Nature is Man's inconsistency
  Silence is Woman's

Silence is Man's neglected soul
  Nature is Woman's

Reproduction is Man's guileless pride
  Eternity is Woman's

Eternity is Man's short-sightedness
  Reproduction is Woman's

Death is Man's futile existence
  And so is Woman's.

Reviews

[Paul Okeke]

devon'''' i must confess that you are a poem guru..this is really great..nice style of writing,nice way of arranging your meaning .this is great

[.]

That in an enlightening read, you have thought about every line, every word and it shows in the genius of this poems construction..your ending was perfect.

[The Analog Kid]

This is good. "Sex is Man's transient pleasure/Romance is Woman's/Romance is Man's fool's gold/Sex is Woman's" My favorite lines. This is set up brilliantly. No filler here! The last two lines are so profound.

[Elizabeth]

Ah, this speaks volumes. Honest, though not bitter. At least I don't think so. I love way you built this... each pair, evenly matched. And equally devastating. Although, anger is not my final debasement. It is when I am most in my element and feel most powerful. A righteous anger is a force as great as love. It is a high, of sorts. Perhaps that is a masculine perspective. And fidelity... is the bravest choice a woman can make when she is NOT in the dark. She knows full well he is a b*****d and makes the choice to save him.
I love this piece. It makes one think... is that so? Am I really that programmed? And really, it rings true. We are that predictable. It is our nature to be so.
But not when love is real and eternal. Then, all bets are off.
But you already know how I feel on that subject.

[Jessica]

Very crafty, and true once you think about it! Brilliantly written. Great job!

[miSS LEaf]

this is wicked! creatively crafted, brilliant~ L

[jenniewren (J.W. Bouwma..]

this is a fairly profound write, my friend. so many of the moments in this sparked recognition.. and done in a clever, clever way.. the moment that hit the trues, for me, was:

Anger is Man's impulsive resort
Crying is Woman's
Crying is Man's final debasement
Anger is Woman's

that is incredibly insightful, and very elegantly put. i am also liking the touch of classical pacing.. it pulls you along, and sort of seeps into the corners of your psyche..

i think this is one that i'll be thinking on for some time

[Sasha]

Damn, this is sexy. ...get it? No? Oh well. It's amazing how you just put both sexes on blast, using the same criteria, but in different ways. I won't lie, I understood some of them better than others, lol. But there's a lot of truth in what you said and the form is so clever. I can see why all these WC types adore you so much. :P

[J.Black]

It's crazy when you ACTUALLY list it out to see the opposites right there in your face- black and white. The set up of the lines is actually quite nice. It's shows that men are superior, the fact that there's is just a tad abit ahead of the woman's line. I love how the end they are drawn together by the same. Great work.

[Wallflower]

I like the structure of the poem, it intertwined well. I also have to agree with the conventional male/female distinction-- a little credit for the generation Y women ;) so the universality suggestion was a great one, but it is still a good write.

Also i noticed all the pairs: Love/Lust, Marriage/Trust, Fidelity/Faith, Anger/Crying, Regret/Divorce, Sex/Romance, Nature/Silence, Reproduction/Eternity/Death........
are all inextricably linked. Perhaps polar opposites do not even exist....just a thought :)