A. Albert Aguero

Lafayette, Colorado

A. Albert Aguero is Director of the Lafayette Alcohol Education and Therapy, an outpatient clinic. He has a Ph.D., Magna Cum Laude, in Christian Counseling, four other degrees in psychology, and is listed in Who's Who Among Human Service Professionals. Dr. Aguero co-authored an experimental article in the Journal of Social Psychology and has written alcohol-related articles for a Denver magazine. His poetry has been published in local newspapers and by The National Library of Poetry. Reading or writing poetry, says Dr. Aguero, is good self-therapy. His main interests are his family, poetry, and fishing.

Awareness

Many years ago, riding through the jungle in the south,
I had a glimpse, and the ecstasy
of the life I now have.
Tall, through the jungle,
between and among the trees,
fearless of the snakes, cats and darkness,
up, down and around,
I rode defenseless - I thought - for I had
no weapons, nor light to guide me
along the pathless mountain tops.
But as the darkness faded,
to make way for dawn,
I found myself in the threshold
of the jungle and pasture land.
Looking to the darkness
in the green behind,
I became aware
that protection for myself,
and direction for my horse
had been provided
by the angels and The Lord.

Tropical Rain Memories

I hear the tap . . . , tap . . . , tap . . . ,
of the tropical rain,
way down south . . .
further than the Rio Grande.
I can hear it, deep in my mind,
from way back
in my native land,
back where I was born . . .
when I was there.
And the tap . . . , tap . . . , tap . . . ,
fading away
through dancing droplets on the ground,
I will always hear,
until I arrive at the place,
where forevermore, I will abide.

The Alcoholic Family Hero

He is a hero
not by sibling ordinal age,
nor by fate.
He did not choose
whatever he became.
You see . . . his father drank himself
out of fortune, family, and prestige,
right into the nothingness
of the streets.
Cold and motionless,
without anyone
to claim what remained,
a city dump truck
took him to the grave.
Not just any power greater than he
but The Lord alone,
led the hero to success
and . . . away from alcohol.
All poems Copyright © 1996 A. Albert Aguero. All rights reserved.