...shadowed in darkness is such a vivid image, and the eerie music makes the scene. I have been where the speaker is in this poem, wanting to erase the light, not turning to its source, there are no shadows facing the light, but they exist. It is the turning's all it takes, but the knowing. Complete darkness will find us all. And does in more ways than one, as you've so aptly illustrated.

with so few strokes, so many impressions are permitted to live. this poem is alive as any you've given life to. and those last two lines are as alive as any you've breathed life in.