Save Our Wetlands

My home state loses a football field, Of coastal land each day of the year. I’m no cheerleader about this, It fills my heart with fear. I wish I had funds to donate to the cause. Maybe if I expressed my thoughts of the situation, It would cause others to pause. As the pelicans swim to the beat, Of their inward drum, And contribute to the state, That many other states of the union, Were carved from. Way back before humans existed, Our dear state Louisiana was merely sea floor. If we humans that exist today, Don’t get serious about this erosion problem, The state where jazz was born, Will be sea floor once more. Our coastal industries, beautiful magnolia trees, And the capital of the Old South, Will no longer exist. We won’t be able to reminisce about anything, If our hindrance persists. Like bacteria attacks a cell, Our precious land is being attacked as well. Like our educated out migrants, Land is leaving without being replaced. Saving this land helps us ecologically: This includes the human race. Please fellow residents and people who once, Or never lived here before. Fill Louisiana’s heart with cheer, By contributing to this worthy cause. If one can’t give monetarily, He or she should then take a pause. Be creative and think of other ways, That one is able to help this wonderful state. We would certainly appreciate anything you do, To help us out. I know the pain of the land will be eased, Without a doubt. Our state has faith in us as we have faith in it. Let us not only be cheerleaders, but star players. So that our precious land can stay strong, Throughout its layers. This erosion problem can be very costly: Climatic changes, loss of land, animal and plant species, And human lives are just a few. Please help save our wetlands, Because it is part of the old and of the new. Wrote November 2003 almost exactly 2 years before Hurricane Katrina, while student @ ULM and concerned about the issue, as a student and scientist the topic of New Orleans going under and the Mississippi River flow and creation of Louisiana was talked about since I was in elementary school in the mid '80s was a main topic of concern for the gubernatorial election held that year, and during that political official's term as governor, Hurrican Katrina hit, Louisiana politics I tell you- they simply tell people what they want to hear!