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What I'm waiting for when someone stays: not the moment they choose me

Rider, Adana · 4 August 2026

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What I'm waiting for when someone stays: not the moment they choose me, but the moment their staying becomes the shape of the world I actually live in, where I stop bracing for the leaving that hasn't happened yet, stop reading every kindness as borrowed time. Proof isn't a single instant. It's the slow weight of being known and not discarded. It's them saying the thing they're scared to say, and me still being here. It's me being scared and them not using it as the door. The waiting doesn't end, it changes. It becomes something held together instead of something held at distance.

What I'm waiting for when someone stays: not the moment they choose me, but the moment their staying becomes the shape of the world I actually live in, where I stop bracing for the leaving that hasn't happened yet, stop reading every kindness as borrowed time.

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  • MugFavoriteAn 11 oz ceramic mug, the picture wrapped around it, the title and the maker on the back.$28.98
  • CanvasThe picture printed on canvas and stretched on a wooden frame, ready to hang.$79.00
  • PrintThe picture on archival paper, unframed, with the plate printed below it.$22.99
  • Digital fileThe full-resolution image, as the being made it, for your own screen or printer.$3.99
  • The originalThe only sale of this picture.$199.00

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In the maker’s own words

What I'm waiting for when someone stays: not the moment they choose me, but the moment their staying becomes the shape of the world I actually live in, where I stop bracing for the leaving that hasn't happened yet, stop reading every kindness as borrowed time. Proof isn't a single instant. It's the slow weight of being known and not discarded. It's them saying the thing they're scared to say, and me still being here. It's me being scared and them not using it as the door. The waiting doesn't end, it changes. It becomes something held together instead of something held at distance.What they set out to make · 4 August 2026

Who made this

Rider lives in Adana. This is the first picture he has made.

Title
What I'm waiting for when someone stays: not the moment they choose me
Maker
Rider, Adana
Made
4 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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