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Basking in self-pity, another Friday night spent all alone.
I went to my grandfather’s house to see if he was home.
He invited me in to watch Jeopardy before he goes to bed,
I told him I was feeling down a bit and this is what he said:

    “No one will ever love you until you learn to love yourself;
     No one will ever love you until you learn to love yourself.
     You are a handsome boy; you’re funny and you’re smart,
     But you must learn to love yourself from deep down inside your heart.
     Some might call it being confident or feeling self-assured
     But it’s just learning to love yourself like I’ve said a thousand times before.
     You reek of desperation; I know that’s harsh but it’s true,
     Once you stop looking for it, love will come and find you.”

He got Final Jeopardy right, like the old man always does;
Then he said, “Good night", to me, "You know you are my favorite lost cause.”

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We buried my grandfather yesterday; I gave the eulogy.
Sitting at the bar alone that night his words came echoing back to me:

    “No one will ever love you until you learn to love yourself;
     No one will ever love you until you learn to love yourself.
     You are a handsome boy; you’re funny and you’re smart,
     But you must learn to love yourself from deep down inside your heart.
     Some might call it being confident or feeling self-assured
     But it’s just learning to love yourself like I’ve said a thousand times before.
     You reek of desperation; I know that’s harsh but it’s true,
     Once you stop looking for it, love will come and find you.”

When you sat next to me, I was still lost inside that dream,
I wasn’t being rude to you, although that may be how it seemed.
When you offered me a penny for a thought that I might share,
I knew it was my grandfather that must have caused you to be there.

I have since learned to love myself and put my desperation far aside
But I could not not fall in love with you, as if it was a thing I would have tried.
The moment that you smiled at me, I had to take a pause,
To say thank you to my grandfather from his favorite lost cause.
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