I am speaking up for transportation,
specifically the ferry which has been the life blood
and circulation
for the Southeast congregation.
The ferries are vital to our migration,
helps to change the station,
to travel for your occupation,
or your education
to go to Celebration,
to receive your medication,
god forbid to go get hospitalization,
or use your PFD and go on a tropical vacation to
release stagnation
and inspire the imagination
But now residents of Southeast are full of frustration
because of this awful situation
the total evaporation of our reliable transportation
There has been a major complication
with the ferry cancellation
and its’ time for retaliation
to stand up this miscalculation
which is causing devastation
to the population of
the heart of the Southeast Alaska Nation.
Communities that were once connected by transportation
are now suffering alone in separation
There is so much dread and trepidation
Our only way to travel is by aviation
We hold our breath and pray for elevation
(rather than flotation)
No ferries feels like a major castration
for a place that once was
a special destination
It is the state’s obligation
to use some innovation
to restore Alaska’s positive vibration
and reconnect our civilization
and repair this awful situation
easing the level of desperation
Give Alaskans a reason for exhalation
or suffer mass resident evacuation
Please restore our ferries,
The heart of Southeast Alaska’s transportation.
For your consideration,
Mandy Ramsey,
Haines