Melancholia of The Drunk

Rants & Monologues by Phill Ibsen

  • (To Self, 01)

    One of my many flaws is the incapability to unsee the things I have not seen. Especially in the light that I have seen you, and in the darkest of places that you have kept me sane. I’m craving to know you. Perhaps in my desperate attempts I’m tragically falling, and breaking my bones, maybe… Read more


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  • (Stranger Things)

    It was the worst of times when you were getting high on marijuana laced with cocaine, while waiting for a woman to save you from the Odysseys of your sinful pleasures. Only except it wasn’t pleasure, neither pain, but a downtrodden path to self destruction. You couldn’t let God save you for He wasn’t doing… Read more


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  • (Of Weed, Whiskey, Jabba, A Silly Boy and his Goons; Now that’s one hell of a title, anyway….)

    A silly boy falls in love with a woman. Pardon me. A silly boy named Jack, is in love with a woman named Kendi. Then do you know what happens next? Of course you know. Kendi demands of Jack her rightful place. Women are funny that way. Reaches a point when they realize that they… Read more


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  • Broken Dreams

    Originally posted on The Young Doc: Photo by Johnny Cohen on Unsplash “Someone once said if you scratch a cynic, you’ll find a disappointed idealist. That really rang a bell with me- because I recognized that, within me, there is this flame, or wishing it were better, wishing people had better lives, that there was more of an… Read more


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  • (A Mirage of My Illusion)

    You are not afraid of fire. You are afraid of enjoying the burn. You consume everyone around you; you want everyone to open up for you to consume their experiences, sadness and joy. You enjoy the tales, but you’re afraid of telling yours, because they’ll heal you. Because your world is a trap of eternal… Read more


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