LAClark's profile

Life and death cohabitate here along with youth and experience. The teachers are now students as children turned into caregivers. Yesterday, today, tomorrow briefly mingle, but are largely ignoring each other's existence. A teenager tells an elder what to do, how to go on. Wives, fathers, workers, soldiers of the past now incontinent, incompetent, incomplete. Wearing the diapers they once changed, and tears of confusion and frustration flow from these heroes of ago. Each one here it is a chor...

“I contend we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods , you will understand why I dismiss yours.” - Stephen F Roberts Yes, I am an atheist (gasp). I know what you’re thinking and no; I am not cruel, heartless or evil. I do not cheat. I am not a liar. I am happily married and am faithful. I do not drink or use drugs. I am kind, polite and thoughtful. I live in a manner of which any Christian would approve. ...

I was controlled by circumstance, I was lonely because of love, I was conceived by truth, I’ll be destroyed by deception. I’ll be scarred for life. I’ve been breastfed by the monster, I’ve been loved by the beast. I was abandoned in my carriage, I’ll be scarred for life. Empty meadows, dew-covered flowers, Pain staring me in the face. Will I ever forget that day? It has scarred me for life. I’ve never frolicked with sanity But I’ve dreamt of contentment. Loneliness, my friend, will never leav...

Anger is our strangest human emotion. Next to jealousy, it is the most destructive. Now the part that is so strange is that anger pops up and replaces other more appropriate emotions at the most inopportune times. For some people anger is the default emotion and they walk around all the time with a chip on their shoulder. Those people are easy to recognize. But then there are people like me, people who don’t seem to be able to handle any other emotion so they allow anger to replace them. Now,...

I am stubborn like he was. I consider it a compliment; it means that I’m not easily controlled. He couldn’t be either. I am intelligent like he was. I was not just good in school; it’s more of a natural ability. He was one of the smartest people I’ve ever known. I am amusing like he was. I have a dry, sarcastic sense of humor; I can infuse plain silliness when I’m in the mood. He taught me to be able to laugh at myself. I am strong like he was. I can push aside pain; both physical and emotion...