Remember

Remember that night on the docks?
When time held its breath,
And the water's glassy stare
Reflected the blood red sky.
Remember when I took you there
With a tiny weapon in my pocket?
And I watched you choke
On your own mistakes.
Remember you cried?
And you said the tears were for me,
But the only truth in your tears
Was the water,
And the salt.
There was no real remorse
Falling from the brooding dark
Of your eyes.
Remember you threw your letter
Down at my feet?
A letter to tempt me,
But it was only words --
Words that spilled like ridges in the sand,
Footprints left by troubled waters.
Remember I told you,
I would not be bound to you,
By the weight of a single chain around my finger.
Remember when words
Were your heaviest weapon?
But your words were only paper and ink,
That night on the docks.