You saw it all fall apart

You saw the person I was before and after the illness started

Pulling out my teeth

And draining the colour from my cheeks

And I can't blame you for leaving me here

But I wish that you'd told me how it upset my mother

Seeing her son's condition fading daily

It must have been so hard

She's been through hell with me so far

Between depression and colitis, I lost half of my weight

She'd find me bleeding in the bathroom too exhausted to shake

I was embarrassed to speak up because a "man" should be able to care for himself

Shouldn't need medication to make it through the day