“I am writing these poems
From inside a lion,
And it's rather dark in here.”
It would seem like the poet is trapped in their own mind. In that dark place we all have, and go to from time to time. Whether we’re frustrated or depressed we all have it and have experienced it.
“ But this afternoon by the lion's cage
I'm afraid I got too near”
One could infer that the “lion's cage” may be a memory that isn’t exactly