Orlando Rodriguez Jr. is a Honduran-American poet, Former Vice-Chairman of Membership for DP of Cobb County, Former Senior Master Councilor for Samuel S. Lawrence's DeMolay Chapter, Former-Elected State Officer of GA DeMolay, and a Graphic Artist. He’s currently fighting in the favor of environmental activism and immigrant rights in the state of Georgia.
What quest, young man
Art thou eager to find?
No eyes can withstand
The maxim of light.
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Considering the thought of her comfort and only,
I worry, indeed, if she thinks I’m not stalling.
To think that her heart is not guarded as closely,
I fear of the one day of it ever falling.
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Oh young Goddess,
Under your will, I retain my trust.
I cannot help neither the incentive of my heart nor its mystery,
Only noting I am conscious that it hunts for your delicate innocence.
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Beneath the protection of the verdant,
Elevated mango trees,
There I lay upon the bare ground,
Next to my aging grandmother.
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