#ah. yeah.

with a lump in your throat

breathing has not always been a habit. your lungs have not always been good friends with the air. it's something you sometimes get wildly over-conscious of, like the way your tongue sits in your mouth. you are here because you are breathing but sometimes it is over a lump in your throat, often your breathing is almost as brave as the swallow you have to force down before you can take this next breath. you are not drowning in thin air, you are staying alive in thin air, and tomorrow, or the next day, or the next, you will be living in it. breathing can be brave. the lump won't be there forever.