Cocaine (Yes) Poem by Maya Hanson

You're the white powder of cocaine beneath my feet
You made me say yes too many times
Yes to starbursts and stepping over the line,
yes to mountains and magic,
battleships and blades of grass

You made me say yes too many times,
a black hole I can't escape
You don't need to speak for me to stay,
you don't need to leave for me to break down
You can control me just by lingering in the background

You made me say yes
to things you knew were wrong
and you knew I knew about her
but who can hold back from the free fall of fate,
who can say no to cocaine?