She said I shouldn't love another, and I believed her. Now I sit here every night, not moving on. I don't date, I don't flirt, I don't even look at anyone new. Her words still sit in my head like a rule I can't break. Friends tell me it's been long enough, that I should try again. I nod, say maybe soon, but I never do. I keep her promise locked inside me, staying still, staying loyal to a love that already left. I'm not healing. I'm not forgetting. I'm just here, exactly where she told me to stay. Not moving on. Not even trying.