A/N: This is just a poem based upon the Notebook with some minor differences. The format is based off of the poem The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes. This was originally a group project in one of my English classes, but I've tweaked a few parts (that I hadn't originally written) and completely rewrote some. It can be a little confusing, but I can't really explain. Well, She is always Allie, He is most of the time Noah, but the part with the guy in the car that's Lon and from where "she wrung her hands.." to "..for hers she could not share" the He's are also Lon. Then it's back to Noah. Okay that's it. Enjoy! R&R! -Mac
Disclaimer: I don't own the Notebook.
For You My Heart Will Always Yearn
The rain cast a shadow up on the Southern bayou
The clouds masked the sun against the morning dew
The wind looped spirals around the misty threshold
And the young woman came running--
Running--running--
The young woman came running, a sight to behold.
The tumble of brown curls hanging loosely, a bunch of pearls around her neck
Her dress soaked through, her make up a wreck
The coal around her eyes smeared down her cheeks to her chin
She mourned their parting of ways
She would love him always
Love for him always, even if only a sin.
Up the drive she ran, up to his front door
Her fists hit the door, her footsteps echoed on the floor
She called his name to the balcony, and he appeared there
The man of her affection--
Noah, the man of her affection--
Looking down upon her as if wishing he didn't care.
And out in the darkness of his yard, a car slowed around the bend
Through the shadows the other man listened to the sounds blend
His eyes were full of anger, his hair hanging messy in his face
For he hated the man of her affection--
The man of his love's affection--
He silently let the words stew and lace.
"One kiss, my beloved, before I must leave you,
I regret that our relationship must be through,
But I must marry him for the sake of my family, but someday I'll return.
So look out for me from your balcony
Keep watch for me from your balcony
Keep watch for me from your balcony, for you my heart will always yearn."
She kissed him with passion, her love for him so tender,
Love so genuinely pure without all its fancy phoney splendor,
The young woman threw her arms around him tightly, never wanting to let go
And he kissed her with a heavy desperation
(Oh, a heavy desperation!)
Then they drew apart, the regret their eyes did show.
She did not return in winter, nor in the spring
And from his place on the lookout, his heart felt the sting.
Letting the crickets be the only sound he did hear.
He remained there waiting--
Waiting--waiting--
Always there waiting, embracing the fear.
And one night he took to the bottle, drowning in the alcohol
Letting himself go, staring at the plain white walls
Trying so hard to forget it all
There was heartbreak in the air
Desperation in the air
And he laid there ready to fall.
He could feel the knife being plunged into his heart
He could feel it breaking, crumbling, falling apart
Through it all he could hear the words in his memory burn
So look out for me from your balcony
Keep watch for me from your balcony
Keep watch for me from your balcony, for you my heart will always yearn.
She wrung her hands in her lap, nervous and cold
Fingers twisting together, clutching each way they fold
She struggled to find the right words to make him understand,
Before the night turned to day,
Quiet until night turned to day,
And when the words were hers, eloquent and untamed they did land.
And when the words were hers, she let them fly
She stood tall, confident, and told him why,
Why she had done what she had done
Their faces illuminated in the dim light,
Voices loud int he dim light
The harsh words rang true in the dim light, him left with none.
The coldest tone, had he heard it? The love lost
The coldest tone, he must have heard it tossed
Ringing through the silence, left all alone,
The young woman went running--
Running--running--
Away from it all, under the stars that shone.
Heart empty in the dwelling silence, the words echo
She pulls it inside, the feelings she can't show,
Takes it all in, and drew one final breath of air
Making a decision in the dim light,
A heart shattered in the dim light,
Shattered completely in the dim light, for hers she could not share.
Back at his home he looked to the stars
Wondering how he had let her go so far,
His heart heavy with the unnerving fear
That the wealthy man's daughter
Allie, the wealthy man's daughter
Would never return with warm words to hear.
He couldn't imagine the world without her,
A part of his life that didn't exist, unsure,
Uncertain how to live in her absence
He sat on his balcony in the moonlight
Waiting in the moonlight
Heart on his sleeve in the moonlight, heavy and tense
And they say when the rain cast a shadow upon the southern bayou
When the clouds masked the sun against the morning dew
When the wind looped spirals around the misty threshold
The young woman came running--
Running--running--
The young woman came running, a sight to behold.
Up the drive she ran, up to his front door
Her fists hit the door, her footsteps echoed on the floor
She called his name to the balcony, and he appeared there
The man of her affection--
Noah, the man of her affection--
Looking down upn her as if wishing he didn't care.