It's Dark in Here
                                                        

                         by Shel Silverstein





                                 

                                                I am writing these poems


                                                                                 From inside a         lion             ,


                                                             

                    And it's rather dark in         here             .




                                                                                 So please excuse the         handwriting


                                                               

                  Which may not be too         clear             .


                                                                                 But this afternoon by the lion's         cage




                                    

                                             I'm afraid I got too         near             .


                                                           

      

                And I'm writing these         lines


   

                                                                             

From inside a         lion             ,


                                                           

      

                And it's rather dark in         here             .