best before end

you say you’d like to see me smile again
take away the creeping sadness
it stains everything
makes photos turn sepia
and eyes get dry and blind
you say you’d like to see me happy again
like i used to be when we first met
but i killed the moon
lost that silvery glare outside my window
it came tumbling down from the night sky
and now i’m surrounded
by the deepest shades of black
you say you’d like to see me in love again
let someone into my heart
but it became stale
retreated into its shell
because (and so that you know)
hearts have expiry dates as well