Scorpions are Beautiful in this Middle Twilight

Now, as night rises to love and lick the day, as the summer is gently swallowed, a darkness, mirroring that of our planetary position, bubbles up from within us.  The swell of silent oceans filled with summer-frozen water scorpions, chimeras, sharks, and sea monsters, can seem very ugly.  The quiet death of sunshine stirs these creatures. 

Before trying to capture and contain them, fix or adorn them with makeup and perfume, let's admire them.  Scorpions are beautiful in this middle twilight.  Before turning away, examine them.  Let them be intriguing.  Bow to and dance with the jealousy, the dishonesty, the subtle thievery, the smells and decay, the secrets, the sadness, the shame.

These are the misunderstood guardians that protect something deep and innocent.  Can you love them?  These devoted gargoyles?  If you can love yours and I can love mine, then maybe the coming of winter won’t be so cold.