Forever Under These Stars

Seen them over county lines,
Seen them folded one last time and raised again at different times.
They stay fixed against the darker sky while the world keeps shifting under.
Every generation finds them waiting,
Like a debt that don't get plundered.
Forever under these stars,
That's the promise that still holds.
Through the wars and through the quiet,
Through the younger and the old, I still look up.