A Mixture of Life

By Corabeth Crawford

Life wasn't easy not for me and not for you.......Experience somethings we as in people may go through everyday.........Experience the love we put into people.......Experience the difficulties we face..........Experience Life

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 9, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503516533

Corabeth Crawford

My name is Cora Beth Crawford, i were born in Greensboro NC and raised in Anason County and all over Florida. I am 20 years old and in school for Early Childhood Education. I started writing poetry because of everyday life situations that people were going through and the struggles i were going through. My main motivation is God, my little sisters, my niece, my friends, and some of my family members they the reason why i apply myself to write everyday.

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1   LESSON LEARNED

TIME AND TIME YOU TELL ME NO,

TIME AND TIME YOU TELL ME YES,

DID I LISTEN? NO

IVE BEEN PICKED ON AND PICKED ON,

BEAT ON AND BEAT ON, DID I STILL LISTEN? NO

YOU TOLD ME NOT TO WEAR CERTAIN THINGS AROUND PEOPLE

YOU TOLD ME NOT TO ACT AROUND OTHERS

DID I LISTEN? NO

IVE NEVER LOST AN BATTLE, BUT IVE LOST AN FIGHT

IVE ALWAYS HAD HOPE, BUT NEVER HAD FAITH

DID I LISTEN? NO

IVE ALWAYS BEEN INOCENT IN YOUR EYES, BUT REALITY I WERE NOT

I WAS DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS, BUT THE SAME AS YOU

IF YOU KNEW WHAT I WERE TALKING ABOUT YOU WOULD KNOW IM NOT INNOCENT

DID I LISTEN? NO

SOMETHINGS YOU KNOW, SOMETHINGS YOU DONT, MAYBE ONE DAY I’LL TELL YOU,

BUT YOU CAN LOOK INTO MY EYES AND TELL THERE’S NO KIND OF INNOCENCE

YOU THINK LIFE WAS EASY, BUT YOU’RE WRONG, IVE EXPERINCE SOMETHINGS, SEEN SOMETHINGS,

BEEN THROUGH SOMETHINGS, YOU CAN LOOK AT ME AND SEE NO INOCENT

YOU MAY THINK YOU KNOW BUT YOU DONT, WILL I EVER TELL YOU,

MAYBE ONE DAY BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT ME AND KNOW IM NOT AND WILL NOT BE INNOCENT

IT’S JUST AN LESSON LEARNED

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2   LOVE STORY

WHEN I FIRST SAW YOU I KNEW IT WOULD LAST FOREVER

I SAT AROUND DREAMING OF YOU ALWAYS

I EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL

I LOVED WATCHING YOUR SMILE AND YOUR SERIOUS WAYS

HEARING YOUR VOICE ALWAYS MADE MY DAY EVEN WHEN IM SAD

BEING AROUND YOU WAS SUCH AN AMAZING THING

WHEN IT WERE TIME TO SAY GOODBYE I NEVER KNEW

IT WOULD BE THE LAST OF OUR LOVE STORY

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3   FRIENDSHIP

WHEN WE BECAME FRIENDS IT WAS AN DREAM COME TRUE

YOU SMILE, LAUGH, AND WERE SOME WHAT SERIOUS

I SMILE, LAUGH, AND WERE ALWAYS SERIOUS

WHEN WE LEFTED EACH OTHER SIDE I THOUGHT YOU’LL FORGET ABOUT ME

WHEN I MET BACK UP WITH YOU I SMILED, LAUGHED AND WAS SOMEWHAT SERIOUS

YOU TOLD ME WHAT NOT TO DO AND WHAT TO DO

YOU LET ME KNOW WHEN IM RIGHT OR WRONG

YOU TALKS TO ME EVERYDAY ALL THE TIME

YOU NEVER JUDGE ME NOT EVEN ONCE

YOU ALWAYS KNEW WHAT MADE ME SMILE EVEN WHEN I WERE MAD

YOU ALWAYS STOOD UP FOR ME EVEN WHEN I WERE IN THE WRONG

YOU ALWAYS LET ME HAVE MY WAYS ON MY BAD DAYS

YOU WERE CONCERN WHENEVEN I DIDNT SHOW UP FOR SCHOOL

YOU ARE MY FRIENDSHIP AND IM YOURS FRIENDSHIP EVEN IF YOU MOVE FAR AWAY

YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY BESTFRIEND

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4   LIFE

LIFE ISNT AN AWARD

LIFE ISNT AN GAME

LIFE ISNT PERFECT

LIFE ISNT BLACK OR WHITE

LIFE ISNT SILVER OR GOLD

LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT

LIFE IS THE MOMENTS YOU SHARE

LIFE IS THE DREAMS YOU ACCOMPLISHED

LIFE IS JOY, HAPPINESS, AND THE SINGING MOMENTS

LIFE IS FEAR, PAIN, AND HURT

LIFE ISNT ABOUT SEX OR MONEY

LIFE ISNT ABOUT BOYFRIENDS OR GIRLFRIENDS

LIFE ISNT ABOUT CLUBING OR REVENGE

LIFE ISNT ABOUT FIGHTING OR CURSING

LIFE…LIFE…WHAT IS