Preconceptions

Let's be honest.

You took one look,
  and there was the story.

The clothes,
  the bike,
    the hair,
       it was all you saw.

Not used to a bit of ink?

One was for a friend lost.

Another for the birth of a child.

Can't leave out some of the music.

So,
  seeing the reaction.

Shrug.

Still,
  offer you a hand up.

Reviews

[just Penny]

This is bang on how people make first impression judgments and stick with it no matter what. Such ignorance means they miss out on all the great things they never bothered to discover. At least that's where this poem took me. Well written and an important lesson for all. Penny

[Jon Roggie]

I could have run with this a bit longer. I only hit on one stereotype. You hit the feeling behind it. Thank you. Jon.