Room for Peace

(R&B / Soul – gentle keys, soft drums, mellow bass)

It’s been heavy in my chest too long

Feelin’ like the pain became my song

I been carryin’ ghosts that don’t belong

In this heart that still wants to stay strong

I talk to the silence like it knows my name

Tellin’ it secrets I can’t explain

Tryna find comfort in familiar pain

But it’s time to let it rain

I been searchin’ for peace in the noise

Drownin’ out the sound of my own voice

But I’m tired of runnin’ from what I feel

Maybe the truth is how I heal

So I made some room for peace tonight

Cleared the space where I used to fight

Let the hurt just breathe a while

Let my tears fall soft and mild

I ain’t fixed, but I’m alive

And maybe that’s enough this time

For once, I don’t need to hide

I just need room for peace tonight

Every scar still whisper where I’ve been

Every loss a lesson in disguise again

I been afraid to start, afraid to mend

But pain don’t mean the story ends

I close my eyes, see my mama’s face

Hear her hum that quiet grace

Sayin’, “Baby, love ain’t meant to chase —

It finds you when you make space.”

And I been holdin’ on too tight

To what’s already left my life

Now I’m lettin’ go, breathin’ slow

Forgivin’ myself before I go

So I made some room for peace tonight

Cleared the space where I used to fight

Let the hurt just breathe a while

Let my tears fall soft and mild

I ain’t fixed, but I’m alive

And maybe that’s enough this time

For once, I don’t need to hide

I just need room for peace tonight

It’s quiet now, but it feels right

The dark ain’t gone, but I see light

Every broken piece still shines

In the story that is mine

I’m learnin’ how to forgive the past

And thank the pain for what it taught me last

I made some room for peace tonight

Told my heart it’s safe to fight

For love, for joy, for one more chance

To heal within this circumstance

I ain’t perfect, but I try

And that’s enough beneath this sky

No more hate, no more disguise

Just me — and peace tonight

It don’t take much to start again

Just a breath, just a pen

And the will to make amends

I made room for peace… my friend

(Soft hum fades into silence — heartbeat rhythm slows.)