Best viewed in the Northern hemisphere in July & August

He’s unbalanced 
despite what neighboring scales suggest. 
My faint companion; visible
not always 
& sometimes even in-between phases.

Always off fixing (or breaking) a system of binary 
stars, travelling along the yellow sea between
Beta
Nu
Xi.

Ascension 
as the Hunter sets.
I remember the burn of your sting.

– Janet Dale

Author’s Note: “Scorpio” is part of a series featuring the twelve zodiac constellations.