“Aap humain chordke jaa rahe hai ?,”

"Are you leaving me?,” I asked, my voice trembling like dry leaves caught in a restless wind. His gaze pressed upon me, heavy and merciless, as though a great foot were crushing me into the cold floor,just like our relationship, once flowing smooth and gentle, until he chose to shatter it, to leave me, on the very day the world was meant to celebrate his birth.