The Love Scrolls
Casanova
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Foreword
These scrolls are forbidden, a retake of Casanova now twice forbidden. Let bygones be bygones, let what was lost remain forever hidden. But like the forbidden fruit, you have to take a bite; and what makes you think you are so special That you may know good and evil, pass judgment on these characters, and know things not even heard by love’s own vessel? What might this story have in common with that player long ago other than the fact that it should have never been written? It should have died long ago with a love from another place and time no ear heard in which hearts should never have been smitten. A story that should have been lost to eternity, and certainly not printed, pressed, and bound, If rediscovered, it should have stayed hidden, not to be repeated or confessed-with a legend that should have remained unredeemed and unfound. But the spirits in heaven and earth went to war over this, just like they go to war for you and I, for spirits that must be reconciled, for truths that must be exposed, for buried secrets that must be unbound, Because this story is about more than these spirits, it reaches the whole world and it finally comes back to you and I; somewhere in this web of love, we are all similarly wound. And somewhere here we all shall be found, so when I heard Casanova’s spirit calling out an unequivocal, unmistakable, and unabashed howl from the crypt, I heard a familiar sound Of unfinished business, unsettled hearts, and souls that, as Casanova, want a spot at redemption, and if there is room for him, then there is hope for all of us on the eternal stage to find holy ground. But can he be recast, restaged, and rewritten into a nobler plot that would reconcile him to the nobler stage, finding purpose and meaning? That would depend on you. Is there room in your heart for the forbidden? Is there room for redemption from the obscuring and demeaning? There better be room, because this is the cast of all of us; we all want a better reputation, a better legacy, something greater calling for our vile spirits from above. His spirit finally found one that would know about unsettled spirits, misguided passions, misunderstood hearts, and most of all, one that would know this play of love. And here is that play that must be retold today, so make room for the retold legend, the redemption of a soul that shall be recast and made over, Because it might just remake you, so make room for Casanova of a nobler sort, from a higher stage; in short, make room for “The Love Scroll’s Casanova”
Cupidity
The spirit of the stage places his finger down the throat, and the dark innards of the flesh belch their ugly contents, A thick soup is revealed. Oozing from the mouth are things disturbing, disgusting, and dense. And the bad spirit awakes me now every morning. “Get up. Run, Casanova, and go with your new powers to fill your empty soul, For the day is getting old and she beckons you that your hands must make you whole. “Casanova! It has a nice ring to it, but how shall you be worthy of the name? Lest you master this stage, find the script, and assume the role, the instruments of love do take up. It is your destiny, and to love, take aim. Now discover and assume the role of the legend in which one man shall be given the bow and arrow, and see love’s ultimate reign, For whatever things you desire, that is what you shall have. Of what your eyes delight, they need no more refrain. “Take up the bow and arrow to relieve your wretched state. Have the bounty fate has thus far forbidden you to satiate. For Cupid has left your stage of love empty; love is running behind. He is late, so we have to move, So take the opportunity to write the plot of love and what you desire it to be. Take up the bow and arrow, and with this tale, love we shall improve. “With love’s power and authority to you now held, fill your heart; don’t you owe it to yourself? You were deprived of love; this is your reward. The bow and arrow and its powers await you to be unlocked with all her endless wealth. The coals of your passions have begun to burn hot, so upon this stage light a fire, Now fate extends you the opportunity to feed it. We shall feed the flame and let passions ignite and let them rule your desire. “Consider one man who is given the ultimate power of love to control its destiny, And finally from the constraints of his own and others’ emotions has victory. Behold the possibilities and what things may arise upon this plot; just envision, When you take love by the reigns and guide emotions of the world with your precision. “And who shall love you? Maybe one, maybe all; it shall be your decision, You no longer have to wait upon Cupid or seek his permission. The bow and arrow in and of itself is no dark instrument, It shall only be controlled by the desires of your heart and its own bent. “Whether for a dalliance or eternal love, take the instruments of Cupid and turn them all over to your cupidity, Take this course to love’s mutiny, and do let your steps be guided with serendipity.” Visit thelovescrolls.com for more.
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About the Book
It’s not what you think. You may have heard Casanova’s legend, but have you heard his heart? Could you read between the lines of the playwright who wrote the play Casanova and why he assumes that role of his character given the power of Cupid’s bow and arrow? But he is just like you and I. After all, we all use the power of the bow and arrow in some form, whether through beauty, power, or wit. And we use that power to some extent to shapes love’s stage. Admittedly, some are better than others.
And of course, our intentions are good. Well, at least we try most of the time. But unfortunately there are desires and motivations which we know not of, and nor do we know where they are from. In fact, we just don’t know ourselves. If you were given all the power of the bow and arrow, how would you act? Is there any guarantee that your aim would be any better than the blind whims of Cupid? Especially in a world where love loves to hide, mask itself in indifference and most of all, act.
We will quickly learn that the real story is what is happening behind the stage, under the stage, in the earth deep below the stage, over the stage, behind the pen, inside the heart, in the heavens, and in that place so distant and so far back—a place called home. This is a story dictated by characters with no roles, stars with no spoken parts, no cameos, and no love shared at all. Something happened that moved Casanova’s heart. It moved the characters on the stage, and it is about to move the heavens.
It seems today that the earth is shaking and the ground is moving, and it is getting more frequent. You had better check your foundations like Casanova did. If our house is unsteady, perhaps we might want to check here, and it might just heal the world.
About the Author
Edward Hayes, the 2003 and 2005 Poet of the year and Shakespeare Award of Excellence recipient, takes on his most dangerously funny, unpredictable, twisting, and ultimately revealing projects yet. The Love Scrolls: Casanova is the story of a playwright who writes a play about a man given the reigns to Cupid’s bow and arrow. As the story develops you will quickly find that the most juicy story and telling details never made it to the stage. Sometimes what is more fascinating than the story itself is what is motivating the hand of the one writing it.
Is it an autobiography of the poet of The Love Scrolls perhaps? Is it fairytale laced with fact, or truth twisted with fiction? Well the answer is: look behind the tale in this work and it will lead you to some of the deepest truths known to mankind. In this tale of failure, loss, and ultimate redemption this book holds some of the most deep, moving, and touching poems yet in The Love Scrolls epic including “Baseball”, “What Would Jesus Do? Love Answers”, and “Prism”.
When you use a story to teach a moral lesson or truth, it’s called a parable. When it is a love story used to reveal the truth of love, it is called, The Love Scrolls. When that story goes so deep and the stage stretches so low that it may discover truths so high, great, and noble as these, then it is called, The Love Scrolls: Casanova, his sixth work.
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