Gedalya Folk Rock Rabbi - Fly Man Fly - Spoken Word

5 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this spoken‑word performance, the narrator describes a young boy who discovers a bird soaring in the sky. The boy is fascinated, calls out to the bird, and plays with it, urging it to "Fly, man!" The bird eventually falls and breaks a wing, but the boy gently picks it up, reassuring it that it will fly again. The poem weaves vivid natural imagery with a reflective meditation on cycles of ascent and descent, resilience, and the acceptance that life includes inevitable falls without needing to question why they happen.

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I looked up and saw it fly. Nothing of nature, yet in the sky. A little child with a gleam in his eye, he looked so amazed. The wind let up and down it came. The boy cried out, called it by name. He ran with that bird and made it a game and yelled, "Fly, man!" Fly! Out of breath, he couldn't go on. Both of them living on a prayer and a song. It's as if the wind knew it didn't belong. It fell and broke its wing. Well, that little boy picked it up off the ground. He said, "I guess things always come around. I know you'll fly again." Fly, man, fly. You're gonna fall again. Don't ask why. Don't ask when.