I am alone. They have gone into the house for breakfast, and I am left standing by the wall among the flowers. It is very early, before lessons. Flower after flower is specked on the depths of green. The petals are harlequins. Stalks rise from the black hollows beneath. The flowers swim like fish made of light upon the dark, green waters. I hold a stalk in my hand. I am the stalk. My roots go down to the depths of the world, through earth dry with brick, and damp earth, through veins of lead and silver. I am all fibre. All tremors shake me, and the weight of the earth is pressed to my ribs. Up here my eyes are green leaves, unseeing. I am a boy in grey flannels with a belt fastened by a brass snake up here. Down there my eyes are the lidless eyes of a stone figure in a desert by the Nile. I see women passing with red pitchers to the river; I see camels swaying and men in turbans. I hear tramplings, tremblings, stirrings round me.
-Virginia Woolf: The Waves
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30 responses to “Up here my eyes are green leaves, unseeing”
Why, hello there..
Why, hello there..
Becca… my initial thoughts exactly!
But damn, he has some gorgeous eyes
He also has nice mods, of course 🙂
Becca… my initial thoughts exactly!
But damn, he has some gorgeous eyes
He also has nice mods, of course 🙂
Ugh, I can’t keep a smile off my face while looking at this picture.
Ugh, I can’t keep a smile off my face while looking at this picture.
I really like this photo. His eyes are captivating, and it makes me wonder what happened next. Nice medusa, too!!!
I really like this photo. His eyes are captivating, and it makes me wonder what happened next. Nice medusa, too!!!
His eyes made me forget to comment on the passage, which is a really vivid dream to frame this picture. Beautiful collaboration, Rob.
His eyes made me forget to comment on the passage, which is a really vivid dream to frame this picture. Beautiful collaboration, Rob.
Pretty eyed Evan.
Pretty eyed Evan.
The most beautiful eyes i’ve ever seen.
The most beautiful eyes i’ve ever seen.
the eyes most definitely have it…
the eyes most definitely have it…
I love seeing a person who looks like they were born with their body modifications.
This is one of those times. Perfection, truly.
I love seeing a person who looks like they were born with their body modifications.
This is one of those times. Perfection, truly.
He’s gorgeous.
He’s gorgeous.
Oh Evan *swoon* 😛
Oh Evan *swoon* 😛
oh those eyes are so nice *stares at the picture and ignores work*
oh those eyes are so nice *stares at the picture and ignores work*
what a cutie.
what a cutie.
Evan does have the most beautiful eyes
Evan does have the most beautiful eyes
Does he have a stretched septum too?
Does he have a stretched septum too?