Opinionated

So I'm quite opinionated and quick to voice my thoughts and feelings on any matter without thinking of the consequences. Unfortunately, my point(s) of view is/are not always welcome. People don't care about what I think, merely about pushing their own agenda. Sometimes this causes them to blow up in an enraged ball of  flames and do more damage than perhaps they intended.

Recently I got burnt pretty bad for saying something not untrue; expressing myself resulted in a chain reaction leading to a massive blow-up that hurt many people. I'm not sure though, if I regret it. Is my opinion not valuable? Or is it just not desired? What makes one's opinion count? Money? Some other kind of power? Respect? It's too bad that things turned out the way they did, because they left deep scars in fragile hearts and have forever changed relationships. They severed feelings of closeness and openness that was once abundant and have caused strong brick walls to be built around myself that will take years to penetrate.

A chapter has closed. An image has been shattered. A dream has crumbled before my eyes. And I wonder still, if it was worth opening my mouth and speaking my mind or would it have been better to keep it shut and live a fallacy? I also somehow managed to twist my ego's arm into sending out an apology though I really didn't want to, but sometimes one needs to keep up appearances or fix situations while keeping their eyes on the bigger picture, I guess. I also think it's true that the people that can cause the most damage or inflict the most pain are those you care most about... which leads me to think of other things, but I will share those later!