“If NONE of us are stronger, then how can we give assistance, to those of us who life’s seen fit to offer some resistance.”

~ Lucas Bright

Last Friday I scattered a whole lotta rhyme, that was penned out, then pinned up and penned for a time.

I suppose I was seeking a suitable stage, before I let little Lucas leap out from his cage.

True, I was hoping he’d make it to print; my words plus some pictures, both making a mint.

But really, that’s silly.  I don’t have to sell, every idea I draw from the well.

Lucas is limber with language he’s learned.  Spitting specifics with syllables burned.

Though he will not be dropping down words every day, I’ve invited Lucas to come out and play.

I’ve offered a spot as occasional host.  He said he’d love to produce a periodic post.

So we shook hands in my mind, then he disappeared.  Now here is some air, that I’d like to have cleared.

When I rose last Friday, my inbox was FAT with “I do not believe that a child wrote that!”

I never intended for people to think that Lucas existed outside of a wink.

When fans aren’t familiar with your form of fiction, it’s difficult to diddle around with your diction.

But writers should seek to revamp their voices, to amplify, mushroom and multiply choices.

I can do that when scribing a page in my book, but this blog, well it’s holding a whole different hook.

So I’ll say it again, little Lucas is fake, but he gives me a different perspective to take.

He can be loud, and a bit unafraid.  He hasn’t yet made the decisions I’ve made.

He can ask questions that I never would, because he is standing where I’ve never stood.

He makes me think, though I thought of him first.  I give him breath, but I’m well reimbursed.

Let’s imagine that Lucas is sitting in class, scribbling a note he’s now ready to pass.

“Don’t look now,” it says, “but my teacher’s real mad.  She knows I’m busting rhymes while I’m with Writer Dad.

Writer Dad

Ghostwriter Dad is an awesome SEO copywriter who also writes custom poetry. The awesome illustration of Lucas was done by David Wright (Blogger Dad).