Monster

Anything with more than one head 
Is a monster, a beast yoked to beast,
Bull-headed and stubborn;
Each going its own way
At its own pace
Hindering the other.
Though joined at the hip,
Legs buck and heads butt
To take control to take the lead;
But another in the field
Is pulling their reigns.
Standing behind the plow
Forcing them in directions
For his deep furrows in the ground;
And when they stop or stray,
He snaps and tightens the chords
Whipping them with the swift scourge
Of his command.  As they bay
Under burden again and again
Pressured to steer 
As one to get the job done...
Yoked together at the neck,
Unequally, until...
The one should love
And the other should submit,
Or at the end of the day
When they are separated,
Each beast is by itself...
The two-headed monster is no more.

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