Aaliya's Haldi & Mehendi
This Time by Cathryn Cofell (excerpt)
This is the forever family,
the one you lit on flickering faith
like a charm of candles,
when you unfold three sets of hands
and they slide together and hold
and even if a storm breaks they hold,
because life is stormy, because
even in the worst of downpours
this certain love will comfort you.