National symbol

I have been here for many generations
Rooted in this spot as a national symbol
I see you every day as you pass by me
I can pick you from the countless voices
You are the now, a modern citizen
With cars and buildings, smoke and piss
You are a force, a change maker
I am nothing but a forgotten memoir
As trees shed their leaves and flower blossoms
I see you change with each season
An infant with baby teeth
A child with round face
A youth with wiry body
An adult with heavy shoulder
I have seen you grow
And I will see you get old
And the world will forget you
One in million faces, disappear in the crowd
Just like I did all those years ago
Burned to the ground and deep in sea
Your name will be lost along with your voice
But generations after, they will still know me
Learn of my birthday and my heritage
Calculate and anticipate my life like mathematics
Each generation will learn of me
But not of who I was
My values and beliefs
They will walk and run and drive
Over my grave and over my morals
I am a lost ship with name written in history pages
I am a national symbol, a statue of stone
I am a dead leaf waiting to be blown