I bought this shirt about ten minutes ago. I absolutely adore it, though I have lost 2 friends to suicide. Perhaps I love it for that reason.

Then again, to me, it isn't neccessarily about suicide. It's more about dying, and the beauty that comes after death. Or maybe the metamorphosis into a new person after you die.

My mother doesn't think so.

She hasn't forbidden me from purchasing it, but she has told me she doesn't approve and that I can't wear it around her, or to school.

Should I cancel my order? I mean, the shirt is beautiful. I'm not the type to purchase some hysterically morbid shirt just for shock value. It means something to me, and I like it, but I see her point.

I don't know.

Opinions, please? Or some way to explain to my mom why I like this shirt?

Thanks to anyone who responds. =]