tell me. (words from a younger me)

there are 2 things i know for sure, but i seem to have forgotten them both.

I feel I know, I think.

May 31, 2021 Karen Papais

I think I feel I know. I don’t know. I do know. I think.

We are beautiful, all of us. We forget.

Here, let me catch you up.

Music and trees, basically. Always.

Beautiful, delightful things are slowly gathering, unseen, on every surface in my home. The profound wisdom and joy in a toddler’s observations.

May 20, 2018 Karen Papais

A whisper
A cry
A scream
A sigh
A hurt so deep
I cannot sleep

– a younger me, 9/25/1999

This could be all.

So many kisses.

These days feel simple but they are so rich.

Where does our power lie? Have we caused it?

Everyone told me I'd love you. Then some of them told me they lied.

Drained. Replenished. Full heart. Empty body.

A snapshot from the past.

When you're lying in bed, and decide – fuck it – to finally start that blog.