when god decided to invent

when god decided to invent
everything he took one
breath bigger than a circustent
and everything began

when man determined to destroy
himself he picked the was
of shall and finding only why
smashed it into because


- e. e. cummings

Analysis of poetry: 

This poem reflects Cummings's attitude towards humanities inevitable inability to avoid its own destruction. God chose to create life simply because he chose to, while humanity destroyed its innocence by searching for a reason for everything. We are unable to cope with something unless we know its cause. Thus we have inadvertently destroyed the gift of innocence that God gave us.