I Just Want Peace Novels & Stories

"But I am not interested in destruction for its own sake. I am interested in clarity. The clarity exists. It is out there. That is enough." A silence passed between us. Different from previous silences - without the charged quality of unresolved things, without the specific weight of two people each waiting to see what the other would do next. "What do you want," I asked. "From this. From what happens next." "Peace," she said simply. "And I want you to understand something. I am not your mistake. I am not your failure. I am not the thing you lost that you need to find a way to recover. I am simply someone who is no longer part of your life. That is all it is."

“Oh. I’ve been busy.” “We’re all busy,” he said gently. “But I’d make time for you.” She shook her head. “I don’t have the energy for that.” “Why are you pushing me away?” he asked. “Do you have a boyfriend or any man in your life right now?” “No,” she said firmly. “And I don’t want one.” His smile didn’t fade. “Then tell me what you want.” “I want peace,” she said quietly. “And right now, this is all I can handle.”

The news flickered on. Specials Break Peace The screen flashed below the anchor woman. Specials break peace I read to myself again. “Turn it up Micheal” I ordered. He rolled his eyes but obliged. “Peace has been held for 15 years and today an extremely dangerous special broke it. We are unaware what caused the incident to spark. Soldiers were deployed to Barker Street. Officials have not yet released the number of killed or injured, but we can tell from footage it is a large number. We are estimating at least 50”

I don't want to be part of this elite world. I want to be free together with my baby. I don’t care anymore, and I will live peacefully.”

I was curious as to where it might be headed. He walked up the rail of the balcony and placed his arms there, grabbing and releasing the bricks… It smelled like panic. “Desiree I wish for peace that if everything goes right or wrong, that I have peace regardless, but had the wishing star answered that request!”. I remembered when my mom would tell me… There's only one peace… Jesus!!. Peace is untradeable, peace is rare, as popular and well used the word is, people still wished for it and it's that one missing puzzle in their lives.

“After all this is over... What do you see for us?” I could feel the weight of his question. The desire to build something lasting. Something real. I smiled, my heart lightening as I thought about the possibilities. “I want peace,” I said, my voice steady. “I want the kind of life where we’re not always looking over our shoulders. Where we can build the life we want, without the threat of everything falling apart at any moment. I want a future where we get to enjoy each other’s company without the weight of the world on our shoulders.”

“I just want peace. I want to leave this place! I'm tired of…” I trail off when a sharp smack lands on my nape, and everything plunges into darkness.

“I gave them strength. I gave them time. And every time I thought I’d earned an inch, they moved the line. ‘Prove yourself,’ they said. And when I did, the proof was never enough. There was always some new law, some new ritual, some new cruelty to swallow and smile through.” She dragged in a shaking breath, shoulders trembling. “I’m done begging strangers for scraps of dignity. I’m tired of standing in rooms that want me ashamed just for breathing. I don’t want crowns or titles or howls sung to my name. I want—” Her voice cracked, then steadied with quiet, devastating resolve. “I want peace. A cup of coffee that isn’t judged by which hands pour it. A morning where I can walk a street and not

There's no safest place, but there is a safest way. “That's why you encounter me here,” I tells him with a smile broke to my lips. “I searching not a peace of the world, but peace of mind. Who knows if it is possible that peace can acquire?” “Peace can acquire?” He seem bothered, especially when his eyes softened that I thought he don't want those botherness to show in his face. And for what reason, I shivered to the thought that even good-hearted men may wish more than I wish. They will to defy the darkness of this place!

And I might have thought that we were one Wanted to fight this war without weapons And I wanted it, I wanted it bad But there were so many red flags Now another one bites the dust Yeah, let's be clear, I'll trust no one You did not break me I'm still fighting for peace Well, I've got thick skin and an elastic heart But your blade, it might be too sharp I'm like a rubber band until you pull too hard But I may snap when I move fast You won't see me fall apart 'Cause I've got an elastic heart I've got an elastic heart Yeah, I've got an elastic heart And I will stay up through the night Yeah, let's be clear, won't close my eyes And I know that I can survive