Photos are from Motherland: Fort Salem TV Show.

Salva gives you more than just the power to fly. It gives you a unique kind of freedom. The moment it is applied a frenzy comes over you. My heartbeat quickens and adrenaline courses through my veins. I’m no longer chained to the earth. I’m able to roam the skies above.

I knew the only place my soul would find peace was at the lighthouse she had spoken of many times before. I had to see it for myself. I had to know if she was there waiting for me. She has to be there. I refuse to accept any other possibility because they will have me believe she is gone.

I press the Salva to my skin. It adheres to my neck in seconds. Adrenaline increases my jitteriness and hope. I close my eyes and breathe in deep to try and calm my frantic heart. The gravity that once bound me to the ground releases slowly and I begin my departure into the air, raising up until I’m gliding above the trees. It is peaceful but I find myself still yearning to see the lighthouse. Her lighthouse.

My soul longs for one more chance to be with her. A chance to hold her in my arms. A chance to have her lips against mine. A chance to see her smile once more. A chance to be us again. A chance to tell her how much I love her.