Misjudged

By Steven Searcy

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Of course you will be
misunderstood.

Christ was a coward,
cold and uncaring,
reckless, foolish,
a loner, a lush,
arrogant, ill-tempered,
soft, and strange,
a troublemaker,
a small, stupid man,
a meaningless martyr.

What are you?

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Steven Searcy lives with his wife and three sons in Atlanta, Georgia, where he earns a living working as an engineer in fibre optic telecommunications. His poetry has been published in 
Ekstasis Magazine, Reformed Journal, Fathom Magazine and The Clayjar Review.

Steven's other work on Foreshadow:
Morning Prayer (Poetry, August 2022)
​Do What Cannot Be Left Undone (Poetry, September 2022)
Being (Poetry, October 2022)

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