I found this peom by Naima Roberts some years ago and I loved it.
Nikah is a muslim marriage and this peom is from the bride to her fiance before her Nikah. This part focused more on her parents' love.
Here we stand apart, not touching, not looking. Tomorrow is our Nikah.
But today, it is as if we are standing at the edge of the sea, the tide coming to meet us.
We are almost ready to plunge into the rolling surf and swim out to the world of tommorow with its far off horizon.
Families, words of praise and recommendation, questions and shy nuances are behind us now.
You have seen what pleases you and I have seen what pleases me
But I have not seen your heart and you have not seen my heart.
And so now, before our fate is inextrically entwined, I will bare my heart to you
Without reservations, I will show you the core of my being.
I am like a sapling, a tender sapling whose roots reach eagerly to drink life's goodness. Take care when you hold the tender sapling within your fingers.
I was created by Allah, a delicate seed born of my mother and father's love
My mother nurtured me in her womb
Where an angel blew a soul into my tiny heart.
My mother's body cradled my and breathed of her air.
She nourished me from herself and spoke live to me in the darkness.
I was born into the love of my parents and I began to grow.
Seed became seedling under their care and attention.
They showered me with praise and my self-esteem sprouted.
They guided me with kindness and my character blossomed.
The weeded the world around me so I can grow strong and pure.
And now that my first buds are about to open, they have entrusted me to you.
How will you tend me?
