I said what I said

 I said what I said . . . today.

But once upon a time

it was always wrong 

to speak the

Truth

to expose the reality

of

what

was

really 

going 

on

in

our

home

(actually just a house, but never a true home)

So I was always wrong

for speaking 

any and every

Opinion

Idea

Thought

Question

or

(God forbid!)

any words that might

reveal the truth

-

"If you had just said it on Monday instead of Tuesday,"

or

"You should have said it in the kitchen instead of the living room,"

or

Well, maybe, if you had said it in the morning instead of the afternoon,"

it was always

WRONG

and I knew that I would 

surely pay 

for speaking

and my words would

Vanish like the steam from the

bubbling tea kettle on the kitchen stove.

But

Today

I said what I said

and

I meant what I said

and now 

the ONES who love me

respect my words.