People I've known

The Poetry Bus is driven this week by 120socks, who set for us several possible destinations. I chose "I knew a person who..."
.
I knew a man who told me I should
told me I could
told me I'd better
.
I knew a woman who gave me paints
who read my story out to the class
who said Of course
.
I knew a man who never told me I could
never asked me what I wanted
who told me I'd darned well better
.
I knew a man who wanted to be my mirror
who asked how high and how far
who cast no light of his own
.
I knew a woman who tsk tsked
and shook her head
and wondered what I would come to
.
I knew a man who said yes and meant no
who said no and meant yes
and mistook me for his dark fantasy
.
I knew a man who does what he wants
and says what he thinks
and assumed I would go farther
.
All these people I have known
and have been.
.