oneword: sigh

that barely audible exhale. a spurt of hot air leaving a body that just wants to give up. i wonder if you know that i can hear you sigh. i can feel you falling away, the sand of your essence sliding between my fingers as if this was all so damn inevitable. gravity was always meant to reclaim you and pull you down from the height you'd flown to. your wings, they melted away, burned by the heat of the life you tried to escape. and now, left to your own devices, you've become an apathetic mass. i can't help but feel like i should have done more for you.