Indo-Fijian Girls Can Run

Indo-Fijian Girls CAN Run I Remember... Clearly as my memories of Fiji’s blue tropical skies Desiring to raise my hand for the school’s track events until I heard the lies Frail, short Indian girl was the brand I was tagged with But deep down the desire to run I could never ditch I Ran… In the fields and I ran on the road Believing that I was the fastest girl in the globe Low suggestive whistles, catcalls and disapproving glares - my only reward Frail, short Indian girl- my presumed physicality; this shackle daunting me from moving forward.