The lion and the Tiger

A lion will always be a lion.
If you start with a lion, you can’t end with the tiger.
A lion can never turn into a tiger.
But a tiger could easily become lion, if he wanted to.
You are either a lion or a tiger, you cannot be both.
If you look and act like a lion, you are one.
You speak in lion.
Language of a lion can be hard to translate, especially if you’re a tiger.
You have to be careful.
When dealing with a lion, understand they can’t help themselves.
Lions have no sensors.
A tiger will never fully understand a lion, and vice versa.
Sometimes tricky lions try to disguise themselves as tigers.
They paint themselves orange with stripes, trying to deceive,
But the lion, will never truly be anything but a lion.
Tigers don’t need to disguise themselves as lions, nor would they try.
They don’t need to be lions, for they are tigers.
Why can’t I forget the lion? Is it because I have yet to find a tiger?