--- title: Down to earth! date: 2008-08-22T06:36:19Z modified: 2008-08-22T06:36:19Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/down-to-earth/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 386 categories: - Life Poems featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/feet-firmly-on-the-ground.jpg" author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2008-08-22T06:36:19Z tags: - Life Poems --- ![feet firmly on the ground](http://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/feet-firmly-on-the-ground.jpg) tapping to the song being played out i sat quietly sipping a refreshing drink the lyrics seem to be very known yet my mind is far away from it the music is what i hear the music is what i am listening to! legs wanting to clamber onto the dance floor my mind travelling somewhere far away my soul flying in the darkness inside me my body stays rooted to the seat tired of dancing every single week i sought a respite from this seeking to end this once and for all i removed the dancing shoes and threw them away! now, tapping to the song playing right now i think of the time when i threw everything away for life! my mind is still travellling somewhere far away my soul is still flying in the darkness inside me my body is still rooted to the seat and my legs continue tapping with the new shoes that keep me firmly on the ground! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Picture by Paloma Ramirez