Nobody

Dear...
Somebody,

Did you hear
the line about drowning?
About sinking and falling
And losing air because
There realy wasn't enough of it
In an empty auditorium?

Did you hear the line
About being so gray
That the background looks
More like the foreground - 
That line, about having so much gray
That other colors drained away,
Running in single file lines
Until nothing but White 
And Red was left.

And the white lines lined up,
Begging to make
The empty grayness just a little bit lighter,
Like cream and sugar in black coffee,
Taking the bitter edge away.

And to contrast? 
Came the red lines,
So bright, their only purpose was
To make you feel alive
And God knows you tried 
To find a better solution but
Sometimes you have to die 
So the rest of you can survive

Somebody, did you hear the whispers?
Did you feel the stares,
Burning holes into you
Faster than your cigarette butts,
Breaking you down to the ashes you're made of

Did you not see them?
The phantoms?

They drifted through crowded halls
And empty streets alike,
Looking for a new cheap thrill
Because the old ones don't burn the way they used to

You didn't seem to hear them when they screamed

The same way you didn't seem to hear her when she begged you

I don't know if or when you'll hear
The voice I locked in a glass bottle
And threw into the sea
So that maybe one day
You'll hear me.

And when that day comes,
I hope you know
I'll always be, 
Sincerely,
Nobody