scorpion and the frog

I read the fable about
the scorpion and the frog.

how they both need to cross
the stream without drowning.

the scorpion asks the frog for
a ride on his back,

promising, swearing on his mother's
grave
that she won't sting
the frog and kill him.

so the frog agrees and lets
the scorpion ride along
as they cross the water.

but half way there, the scorpion
stings
the frog, and they both begin
to drown.

why the frog asks did you do
that, I trusted you.
you promised, and now
we'll both die.

and the scorpion before
they go under says, it's just
who I am.
it's my nature.

some people are like that.
it's who they are.
when they show you or
tell you who they are,
believe them. don't
let them take you down.