Colorless Soul

If I paint the abyss will you let me stay

Give me my monsters and walk away.

I’ll dust in some yellows and orange and red

So the sun looks like rising over the dead.

Swirls of yellow and pink, as the sun doth set,

The colors of night filled with regret.

Is it really the color, or don’t you care?

My darkness that always leads to despair.

Why is color such a demand?

There is beauty in all, even the damned.

If I paint the abyss will it change your mind

Or turn your eyes and leave me behind.

If I expose to you my colorless soul,

Will you see me in pieces or a broken whole?

Laura Chowanski 4/19/13

Photo is from a painting of Madame Bijou

Sugar Skull Eye Candy

Dias de los Muertos

Day of the Dead

A National Holiday in Mexico and celebrated in other cultures

that takes place on November 1 and 2, in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day.

Altars are built honoring the deceased using Sugar skulls, Marigolds, and favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these gifts

Earring on right, "Pour Some Sugar on Me Earrings" made by Madame Bijou Beads

https://www.etsy.com/listing/129679893/pour-some-sugar-on-me-sugar-skull-drop

Earrings on left made by MelancholyMind on Etsy

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MelancholyMind?section_id=11524772

This is a colorful, joyous celebration of the people we came from, those whom we loved and those who have inspired us. I find this amazing!  It makes perfect sense to me to honor and pray for our dearly departed  with a colorful celebration at their resting site.

"Sugar skull Angel" earrings by Madame Bijou Beas

https://www.etsy.com/listing/129686171/sugar-skull-angel-drop-earrings?ref=shop_home_active

I love jewelry inspired by this day, bright colors with skulls and flowers.

SMILING DEAD JEWELRY!

Some of these beauties where made by myself 

"Skull Angel on the Moon Earrings" (left)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/129708640/skull-angels-on-the-moon-dia-de-los

and some are made by one of my favorite shops on Etsy, MelancholyMind

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MelancholyMind?section_id=11524772

Life's Too Short to Think Unicorns Don't Have Fangs!

If for some obnoxious reason a sparkling white Unicorn did exist, on a sunny day, standing in a field of wildflowers, then there would also be a dark Unicorn with fangs drinking fire from the River Styx. 

What immortal beings think they've cornered the market on happiness and why the hell is mine wrapped in sunshine and sealed with fairy kisses. I want the black one, bound in sarcasm, staring into the abyss. (Whining as I write this.)

For every social butterfly out their, there's a melancholy loner who doesn't give a s#%*, and for every yellow sundress there is a pair of ripped fishnets.

Personally, my poetry can be disturbing, my art is on the dark side, and I am fascinated by the macabre. I love all things skulls and prefer blingy-goth jewelry that adds a little moon-glow and twinkle (I got that from my Grandmother Mary who loved "glitzy").

I watch murder, death, kill shows while sulking with my handmade plush monster named FRED (because Fred spelled backwards is DERF). I don't like the phone because I don't want to talk to you.

I buy young men's Helix t-shirts from Kohl's because they have skulls and Gothic crosses on them and I am the oldest regular customer at my local Hot Topic. (I am not ashamed, I Love Hot Topic!)

I will smirk at you if you look at me sideways while I'm decked out in my middle-aged Gothic finery, because I'm happy, as happy as a Goth can be!  ....and because I don't give a s#%*!


*****No Unicorns were harmed in the creation of this Blog**********