the way i see people

the way i see things

you can look into a person's eyes deep

like staring down the gullet of a volcano

and see nothing

but not to see anything

is not the way to look

when i look at a pinprick of light through the dark

it reaches toward me

blades of light pulsing with my steps

one neon cutlass slices my face

and the curved edge plays under my eyelids

it teases my eyes out of their cavities

and the retinas detach from the brain

i only use my imagination to claw through the dark

what i see is fingers of blazing energy

tickling the highest bits of sky

my primary mode of perception crippled

but the ability to touch everything that can't be seen

my vehicle collapsed and redundant on the footpath

i am the voyager

i fly with my eyes as wings

every time a car passes

i'm mowed down in a flouro-massacre

and granted the opportunity to see past

all the faces you look into deep

like staring down the gullet of a volcano

because i am the voyager

and i fly with my eyes as wings