Behind the Impossible

By Luis Espinal

Train us, Lord,

to fling ourselves

upon the impossible,

for behind the impossible

is your grace and your presence;

we cannot fall into emptiness.

The future is an enigma,

our road is covered by mist,

but we want to go on giving ourselves,

because you continue hoping 

amid the night

and weeping tears

through a thousand human eyes.

Source: “Gastar la vida,” in Oraciones a quemarropa