No I'm not like the one
You meet everyday
Sitting in a train or waiting for the bus
I'm not the stereotype you like to meet

You may have come up
Meeting different people of color
Speaking different languages
I'm not the stereotype you like to meet

I don't talk much
I laugh a lot
Laugh at everyone who finds life hard
I'm not the stereotype you like to meet

I'm my natural self
Never trying to pretend about myself
Never wants to take anything not mine
I'm not the stereotype you like to meet

I can be your friend and foe
Never both at the same time
I can be a friend forever
I'm not the stereotype you like to meet

If that wasn't enough
Do you wish to know who I'm
Just like everyone you might know
I'm the stereotype you like to meet

© S. Francis Hector