This touching poem, set in ‘covid’ times captures the tender bonds between a doctor and an elderly patient. Going beyond his brief, a humane doctor gives timely solace to the protagonist who is gripped with loneliness and blood-curdling fear. In his cheery assurance, ‘no one is alone’ and in his patience and kindness, she grows confident and breathes into a new life of hope. She hears a whisper. Who is calling out to her? Read on/ Listen in….