Scorpio's Confession

Scorching day, frozen night, yet beneath the sand all is still    
no hint of emotion, dark passion that burns volcanic beneath  
    
Secrets kept, secrets cherished, and secrets protected, always      
as much a part of me as the masque I wear, perfectly concealing    
 
It’s not that my façade is a lie, just not the complete truth        
for you see the dark ugliness is so very much more seducing        
 
Yes, I color within the lines, follow all the rules, do my duty for now ...
a frayed conscience all that's between me and a capacity for great evil  
 
Always equipped with my stinger, I can inflict pain and yes do relish it
whether I sting others or feel the barbed tip myself, perverted twisting
 
But deep within my veins courses a most deadly poison, so necrotic
It’s only thru spilling it on the virgin page that I am able to survive
 
Calling me complicated is too simplistic, barely scratches my veneer
I'm a black thorny knot that can bloody any fingers trying to untie it

So, relax, come closer, try to get to know me - but then only if you dare
just don't ever betray me and watch very closely upon where you tread            
              
(Entered in the contest "Dark by Nature")