upward like an old lift in a mine shaft.

2.Strangely enough he felt his fear Whisked

 away like a swarm of gnats caught in the wind.

3.He shouted in frustration; his echo amplified through the air, like the haunted sound of death. 

4.And then, as if the lens of a camera had sharpened its focus, the faces cleared.

5.A few trees surrounded, their roots like gnarled hands digging into the the rock floor for food.

6.Tiny flowers peeking through as if searching for the sun.

7.He saw only bare branches, gray & brown, forking 

Out like skeleton fingers.

8. A group of boys glanced anxiously as if expecting 

A hideous beast to leap out.

9. The fear was like icy dew on his skin

10. Bens in there sicker than a dog