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# Brisket
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- Published: 2026-01-20T23:17:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:12:39.000Z
- Description: "Brisket," a study of faith in meat form. Poem 020 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026.
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Poems, Short-form Musings, Ancestors, Brisket, Faith, Hopes, January, Patience, Power, Process, recipe, Trust the Process, Uncertainty, Winter, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

Faith is a brisket  
You do your best to select the most suitable cut you can find  
You summon its power through a recipe passed down from your ancestors  
Put on the lid and cast it into darkness, and the unknown.  
  
Faith is a brisket  
It will test your patience, your will, your trust  
It will feel like something is not working, that things are not progressing  
There will be a point where you wonder if it will ever come through for you.  
  
Faith is a brisket  
You feel like maybe you have cast your deepest hopes on the wrong star  
You worry if you will need to alter or even call off your plans  
And then there it is, ready when it is ready, and not a moment before.  
  
Faith is a brisket  
Trust the process  
Check in often  
And it will come through for you.  
  
Faith is a brisket  
It will get us through the dark times  
The heated moments and uncertainty of what awaits us.  
We are not done yet.