Journey+to+the+Center+of+the+Earth

For the past year, I had been on this journey. First, traveling eastward by car across the United States to the city of Portland, Maine. From there, across the Atlantic to great britain and then to the mainland of Europe. Next a short flight to Ghana. All the while, I could feel this attraction, magnetic and guiding me to this force. every now and then i could almost make out a face or hear a voice, appealing to me. A young boy came out of a shack, beckoning me to follow. He lead me down a narrow street, away from the others, and pointed to a cave. "There", he said. "Go there."

I didn't want to go, but felt agnetic attraction. inside the cave, the path lead down...