Prodigy by Luke Hannon

Have you ever wondered about the existence of child prodigies? Children who are born innately skilled at certain disciplines, maths or music or language. Certain schools of thought believe that all children are born with special knowledge. Why? Because they have been close to God. They have absorbed just a mere sliver of his divine gifts and are birthed unto this world with this knowledge intact. However, most children lose this knowledge as they grow and the world bears its weight on them. By the time they exit the womb, most of it has already been forgotten. Except in unique cases, child prodigies. These children retain their God-given knowledge, potentially even for their entire lives. And nobody is quite sure why. Perhaps they are indeed special, and we can put it down to divine providence, or maybe they are just lucky. 

My wife gave birth to a baby boy seven months ago. A beautiful, healthy child, born an average weight to an average couple. We named him Mark. Though now I have come to realise that our child is far from usual. This morning, he spoke his first words. We were ecstatic, my wife and I, for him to begin speaking so early. Until we heard what he had to say. 

"Our world is ending," clearly spoken, no room for interpretation. "He comes tonight." 

Luke Hannon is an aspiring author and poet from County Meath, Ireland. He has previously been published in the Irish Farmer's Journal, Agriland, Wingless Dreamer’s ‘War scars in my heart’ and ‘The black haven’ anthologies and on Tiny Seed Literary Journal's online blog. Find him on Twitter @lukehannonpoet