life eras

(in math i was taught the cartesian coordinate system, and later in physics more graphs had time on the x-axis)
i spent around half of my life with one flag. then there was another and now i'm up to three.
life had many more eras than states, many more states than countries. and we keep looking forward, into the future. in the 21st century does anyone look back (with or without anger) at the 20th century? the fast pace of life takes us away from our neighborhood and childhood friends, whisking us away across oceans of water and time. and still we keep on going. yesterday lies in the dust, but tomorrow shines around the corner. and as our computers approach the speed of light and planes shrink the globe we have not the opportunity to think back about a red star or the first thirteen stars, or what used to be our own star. aren't we all stars, someone's star - sometimes buried by the sands of time, sometimes shining brightly in the darnkess of night.