What do you think this line of poetry means?

[aw1992]

Hi all

 

Just came accross a poem by E E Cummings, and it had the following line: "Do you believe in always,the wind said to the rain. I am too busy with my flowers to believe,the rain answered"

 

What do you think it means, i've read a lot of different explanations on the internet!

 

To me it means not having a doubt, not questioning it, and just knowing when something is right

 

Thanks!

[agent1607307371]

For me the rain just doesn't care about abstract ideas like always when she has solid things to care about.

[Blue92]

Flowers blossom and wilt shortly after. The only constancy to the life of a flower is her seed which replenishes new life. Every flower who dies is soon reborn again, but without the rain, this "always" cycle would end. Whether the rain believes or not is irrelevant because she is too busy ensuring that life always lasts.

[marshmlofluff]

I understood it to mean that the wind was worried about loss, and wanted to know if anything really lasted forever.

 

The rain basically replied "I live in the moment, so I don't really think about, or fear, the future."

 

It's a nice poem, from a series of love poems by e.e. cummings.