Great work Alicia...Im not great at compliments with words, but I can say that much. The shading/smudging is wonderful...I would suggest perhaps (coming from the unlearned artist, heh) using it to create smoke..or maybe a ghostly landscape. I dont know much else to say, so I guess I leave it with a poem, a short one anyways.
Inner Road
As I sit here, darkly burning
I felt within me a vibrant stirring...
"vicious, malicious" the voices echo
"seem, dream" the demons cry.
Visions around me, shades of grey
mocking the path, blocking the way...
"Hide, side" the demons command
"Life, death" the demons sigh.
Into the light, trueheart blazing
See the pillar of avarice raising...
"Greed, bleed" the people proclaim
"Light, night" the people lie.
Vicious, malicious: it seems a dream.
Hide, side: avoid life and death.
Greed, bleed: lighten the night.
Behind all this lies the reason,
Depression is the final treason.
Dont let your own worst enemy, yourself betray you. Your friends will be with you through it all.

Alicia 'Yohji-kun' Reese replies:
"Comment from the Drizzy: That's a wonderful poem Sean, thank you."