Best Before

Take me out of this shelf 

you’ve put me into

check my labels 

I’m still good

I’ve been waiting for you

to take me out 

I caught your eye a long time ago

You wanted me then

but you didn’t know what to do with me

You had no idea what you got

I see you from time to time now

you stare at me 

Still thinking, still hesitating

If only I can call you out

to tell you how I’m dying 

everyday, 

quietly kept away

waiting for you to remember

what its like to taste something 

for the first time 

If only I can say a word 

I would whisper a recipe

that'll make you forget your name 

and all the things 

that you’ve been through

If only I could talk 

I would have already come out screaming - 

Consume me.