Milenko Županović was born in Kotor Montenegro in 1978. He still lives in Kotor, but he is Croatian. He is a marine engineer who spends his free time writing fiction, science fiction, horror, comic books, and poetry. He has published a collection of his stories called The One Who Walked on Water and his work has appeared at journals such as Nova Fantasia, Orient Express, Journal Rio Negro, and La Ira de Morfeo. He has been honored with inclusion in various indexes and best works collections and his work has won several awards.

Forgiveness
By Milenko Županović

Thorns from the sky
fall on the ground.
I walk
a wasteland.
My legs are bloody.
I look to the sky
and ask forgiveness.

Oproštaj    

Trnje sa neba pada na tle
hodam sam
pustom zemljom
noge su mi krvave
gledam ka nebu
i molim za oproštaj.