An all to common meaness, I'm afraid. A lot of people are too caught up in themselves or in the distractions to be had elsewhere to ever pay attention to the needs of someone else.
The metaphors are good, something that boils down to you might as well say you don't care.
Interesting perspective, coming from the direction it does, an opposite to what you usually expect in such a poem. Like talking to a mirror in second person? Interesting...