People Try Poem by Stephan van Pinksteren

People try to talk to me,
I give them someone to talk to.

People try to listen to me.
I give them someone to listen to.

People try to look at me.
I give them someone to look at.

People try to like me.
I give them someone to like.

People try to have fun with me.
I give them someone to laugh with.

People try to love me.
I give them someone to love.

People try to hate me,
I give them someone to hate.

People try to beat me.
I give them someone to beat.

People try to leave me.
I give them someone to leave.

People try to save me.
I give them someone to save.

But you know what.
They are all fake reflections of me.
Shadows of an unsettled past.
Memories of someone I used to be.