I Will Wade Out

i will wade out
                          till my thighs are steeped in burning flowers
I will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
                                           Alive
                                                      with closed eyes
to dash against darkness
                                           in the sleeping curves of my body
Shall enter fingers of smooth mastery
with chasteness of sea-girls
                                                Will i complete the mystery
                                                of my flesh
I will rise
                After a thousand years
lipping
flowers
              And set my teeth in the silver of the moon


by E. E. Cummings