Riddles about darkness

You are in a dark room with a box of matches. Nearby are three things: a candle, an oil lamp and a log of firewood. Which do you light first?

Lovely and round, I shine with pale light, Grown in the darkness, a ladys delight.

In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. It can only attack when pulled back. What is it?

I am the part of the bird that is not in the sky, who can drown in the ocean and yet remain dry. A last vestige of man that refuses to die. In mourning I am tossed at your feet to lie; I begin my job early, devouring your ankles and thighs. I work my way up, eating your legs to your waist. And though around midday away I am chased, I return quickly to savor the arm of my taste. As evening falls I enter your lungs, spiraling down past your mouth and your tongue. I feast on your body, your soul, and your mind, but as darkness falls you shall find that away I will go, a relief for some; At least until tomorrow morning comes. What am I?

I am, in truth, a yellow fork From tables in the sky By inadvertent fingers dropped The awful cutlery cry. Of mansions never quite disclosed And never quite concealed The apparatus of the dark To ignorance revealed. What am I?

I drift forever with the current down these long canals theyve made, Tame, yet wild, I run elusive Multitasking to your aid. Before I came, the world was darker, colder, sometimes, rougher, true But though I might make living easy, Im good at killing people too.

When I point up its bright, but when I point down its dark. What am I?

Two sisters are we, one is dark and one is fair In twin towers dwelling we re quite the pair One from land and one from sea Tell us truly, who are we?

I was carried into a dark room, and set on fire. I wept, and then my head was cut off. What am I?

People have stepped on me, but not many. I never stay full for long. I have a dark side. What am I?

I can cry but I have no eyes. I can fly but I have no wings. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?

I have eyes but I can't see. I live in the dark until you need me. What am I?