The poem, "Memories", by Jerry Ham illustrates the importance of memories by describing his own good and bad experiences in life. He recounts about his love and their happy memories together and then of her untimely death which causes him pain and sorrow. Through this, he demonstrates how sometimes during our toughest times, memories are the only things that we can rely and hold on to because they can never be lost or taken away. …showed first 75 words of 421 total…

…showed last 75 words of 421 total…holding on to happy memories. It triggered an emotional response from me because I could easily relate to it. It reminded me of my own experiences with deaths within my own family and friends whom I still hold bitter-sweet memories with. I still remember the good time we've had which takes away the pain of their deaths, without them, it would have been much harder for me to come to terms with what had happened.