We love our sisters,
The Afghan women;
The mothers with their daughters,
The daughters with their sons.
With voices shackled,
And education, and vocation . . .
It’s all too much to comprehend.
And yet we must.
We foreigners, are peeking
Into their forlorn world,
With almost half the babies suffering
With stunted brain and body growth.
Ascend Athletics is
Calling out to our hearts,
To do what we can
To give Afghan women a start.
An unusual path
Through athletics attack
The fibres that keep
The women back.
As said by Ascend
All women deserve
Rights, respect and power
Our voices and our dollars we send.
We promote the leadership
Leading women leaders through
Athletics to make the mind tick
And the body strong.
Purple Pennies 