I marched with, ' Martin Luther King Jr.' <br />When that wasn't really considered too cool. <br />For a white gal in her twenties alone, blonde hair, blue eyes <br />Standing out in a crowd, some shouting calling her a fool. <br /> <br />I cried when Martin was assassinated <br />And mourned the death of our President, 'J.F.Kennedy.' <br />They were a very important part of history <br />The history that maybe formed a little part of you and me. <br /> <br />I was in awe at the devastation of, 'Mt. Saint Hellen' <br />And felt the pain of those lost on the United States, 'Challenger.' <br />Then New York's nine eleven, 'Twin Tower', disaster <br />Those most important parts of history <br />Which now some feel a twinge of pending attacking fear. <br /> <br />Bad times and all the good times <br />Form the human parts of our personal history. <br />They take us back to a time and place <br />Maybe some which made a part of you and me. <br /> <br />Those important things in life for me <br />Are the memories of histories burn. <br />Some at the loss and of anothers pain <br />Of our Histories lessons now I've learned.<br /><br />Linda Winchell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/those-important-things/