What are memories?

What are memories?
They define who we are
They provide knowledge for the future
They keep the deeds of our choices
Our choices of good and bad
What is good and bad?
The right and the wrong
The things that change ourselves
The things that change our future
There can be no future without a past
Our past,  our present,  our future
Our life, our love, our emotions
Emotions control us
Makes us feel good, makes us feel bad
Curiousity, knowledge, power
Power, we crave it, we lunge for it, we chase it
Chase it into the light, into the dark
To succed, to live, to die
Our savoir and our down fall
The voices of whispers and shouts
The good and bad is what we are
The memories are who we are