Ocean Doubtfire : Writing

White Noise

White Noise

A Poem by Ocean Doubtfire


The grey days break like waves; Each identical, formed of the former, seed of the next. They are a white noise in the background of my death. ..
The Dawning Shore

The Dawning Shore

A Poem by Ocean Doubtfire


I wrote this with a bad case of writer's block. I was frustrated that I couldn't seem to conjure anything from a blank page and a blank mind. This was..
On Behalf of Rats

On Behalf of Rats

A Poem by Ocean Doubtfire


In sewers, where the filth canal flows by, A rat presides beneath a concrete sky. I’ve named him not for rats do not pretend To need..
Teen Love

Teen Love

A Poem by Ocean Doubtfire


Have you skipped school to smoke a cigarette And meet your girlfriend in her parents' bed? Be quick about it if you haven’t yet Or y..
Crossing

Crossing

A Poem by Ocean Doubtfire


This was written during a time when I was first sectioned and then passed through the mental health system. The sea is an excellent and ubiquitous met..
The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse

A Poem by Ocean Doubtfire


The lighthouse beams into the night Shattering the sea's conformity. Raindrops fry upon the black ocean like bacon And the lighthouse cri..
Music is Maths

Music is Maths

A Poem by Ocean Doubtfire


The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will make you an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you. - Werner Heisenberg
The Grimm Infliction

The Grimm Infliction

A Poem by Ocean Doubtfire


A reluctant servant to a remorseless vampire recounts the actions he is bonded to complete.
A Mirror

A Mirror

A Poem by Ocean Doubtfire


A mirror is not justice to the face, Forgiving yet thine eye for sober judge, For in those eyes resides a tempered grace That lovers find who..
Bargain with the Deep Constrictor

Bargain with the Deep Constrictor

A Poem by Ocean Doubtfire


Let's make a bet that if I twist Myself into a knot so tight That to undo it would take Herculean might; That you will come and stroke..