You Remembered Me Too Late

I just thought you'd turn around before I slipped away.
Now the house is full of echoes of things we never said.
You remembered me too late,
When the nights had turned to stone.
Every tear you're shedding now falls where I'm not home.
I would've opened every door,
I would've called you back my own.
But you waited for the silence to realize you were alone.
I'm not angry.
That's not it.
I just wish you didn't wait for this.
You remembered me too late,