You found her in your sleep, in your screams
In the amazing wreckage of your dreams
You carried her to safety
To the shade beneath the trees
And sent a prayer to heaven
Fell down onto your knees
You said if she`d stay with you a while
You`d write her name across the miles

But the clocks have all stopped moving
Each insect wheel and arm
And the sands of time all blown away
Blinding others with their charm
You scream at all who`ll hear you
How such beauty came to harm

And you`ll never know her laughter
Her voice, her touch, her lips
As she falls apart before you
Beneath your fingertips
Never know, you`ll never know
Never never know her

Her skin peels away in pages
Of tiny printed words
That scatter on the wind like flocks
Of tiny printed birds
The pages come too fast
You lose them to the wind
Catching words like love and beat
And dreams coming to an end

And you`ll never know never know
Never never know her
Never know what you lost
And never ever hold her

Alice Silvers

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-ll-never-know-her/