So because 'dark' is as much a force as 'light' is here, have you ever wondered if 'nothing' is as much a force as 'something'? I cannot give you the answer but I can say this:
You can state "It is dark" but you cannot state "It is nothing". This is because if 'It' was 'nothing' then there would be no 'It' to refer to. Thus the statement is an oxymoron: it is a paradox. Our languages are simply not built to properly express the non-existent un-concept of nothingness.
But now you must consider, does 'It' not exist because 'It' is a paradox? Or is 'It' a paradox because it does not exist? There is no 'It' either way.
One can easily lose themselves in such circular questioning. Beware that which does not exist, for 'It' by the nature of 'Its' absence invalidates all attempts at rationality or logic.
Any who proclaim to 'know' nothingness have gone mad in their trying. To give any form of description or property to 'nothing' is to make it into 'something', simply by being perceivable a thing cannot be nothing.
Do not steer clear, nothing is there to hit.
There is nothing to find, do not look for it.