{"quotes":[{"text":"She is the light,at the end of this endless tunnel.","author":"Vivid Darkness","tags":["aphorisms","dark-poetry","existentialism","haiku","love","love-poem","love-poetry","philosophy","poetry","poetry"],"id":8674,"author_id":"Vivid+Darkness"},{"text":"Sleepless nightsSpent looking at the ceilingSearching in those etched patternsFor some sort of adhesiveTo glue together the broken piecesOf a soul crushedBy the weight of the fact thatLife is profoundly sad.","author":"Justin Wetch","tags":["dark","dark-poetry","existentialism","poetry"],"id":37773,"author_id":"Justin+Wetch"},{"text":"I wish I could see butterflies burst from cocoonsWithout tempering my amazementKnowing all beauty eventually dies.","author":"Justin Wetch","tags":["beauty","butterflies","dark","dark-poetry","existentialism"],"id":52777,"author_id":"Justin+Wetch"},{"text":"With a ring around the rosaryAnd a pocket full of crossesAshes to ashesThey'll all fall down.","author":"Matthew Fitzpatrick","tags":["dark-poem","dark-poetry","horror","monster","monsters","poem","supernatural","vampire","vampire-hunter","vampires"],"id":82028,"author_id":"Matthew+Fitzpatrick"},{"text":"And all we feared inside the night / shows true in morning's biased light.","author":"Garth von Buchholz","tags":["dark-poetry","fear","night","von-buchholz"],"id":131549,"author_id":"Garth+von+Buchholz"},{"text":"Maybe tranquility is the dirt under my nails. I know it's there but I never feel like digging it out.","author":"Casey Renee Kiser","tags":["dark","dark-humor","dark-poetry","depression","devestation","gutter-kisses","poetry","sadness","teen","tranquility","trauma"],"id":132010,"author_id":"Casey+Renee+Kiser"},{"text":"Darling, even raindrops try to wipe my teardrops but your thoughts haul out more tears from my liquid eyes and then teardrops replace raindrops...","author":"Abhishek Rath","tags":["dark-poetry","love","pain","sad"],"id":161566,"author_id":"Abhishek+Rath"},{"text":"What a cruel irony it is, that we get to choose our thoughts but not our feelings.","author":"Justin Wetch","tags":["cruel-irony","dark-poetry","feelings","irony","poetry","thoughts"],"id":177968,"author_id":"Justin+Wetch"},{"text":"Amidst a crowd of strangers,I still remain unknownto myself.","author":"Vivid Darkness","tags":["dark-poetry","existentialism","philosophy","poetry","poetry"],"id":182480,"author_id":"Vivid+Darkness"},{"text":"Pressure knocks at my doorA clock ticks and demands its dueThe lava burns from the floorBut not in a game like it used to.So little time to figure it all outSo many distractions to prevent successI’m in a dark forest with no path or routeBut this internal fire knows no rest.","author":"Justin Wetch","tags":["dark","dark-poetry","distractions","fire","forest","poetry","time"],"id":222099,"author_id":"Justin+Wetch"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":17,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}