HAPPINESS

DEEP INTO THE NIGHT, WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD IS ABOUT TO DOZE THE LABOUR COLONY SUDDENLY BECOMES ACTIVE. IT IS WAGE DAY. IT IS ENTERTAINMENT NIGHT. IT IS NIGHT TO FORGET EVERYTHING. IT IS NIGHT FOR NEW REMEMBRANCE. NEW! NEW? YES, SEARCHING THE OLD IN THE NEW. FORGETTING THE PAST IN THE NEW. NEW IS THE BEGINNING OF THE ANOTHER PAST. NEW WILL BE PAST OF TOMORROW WHILE PAST EXITS IN YESTERDAY.

THE ACTIVITY IN LABOUR COLONY IS SLOWLY BUILDING UP. NIGHT IS CLEAR. IT IS THE NIGHT AFTER RAIN. BRIGHT AND SPARKLING WITH BIT OF LOW LEVEL CLOUDS. STARS ARE SCATTERED ALL OVER, TRYING TO MATCH THE HALF MOON IN MAJESTY AND GLITTER.

JOHN COULD SEE THE TALL GRASS OF NEARBY MARSHY LAND. REFLECTION OF LIGHT IS CLEAR. THE DIFFERENCE IS VISIBLE. LIKE THAT LABOUR COLONY THE MARSHY LAND ALSO BECAME ACTIVE. THERE IS A SOUND OF TOAD. LONELY TOAD. WHAT IT WANTS TO CONVEY? PAST OR NEW. IS IT CRY OR LAUGH! IS IT SOUND OF HAPPINESS OR MISERY? JOHN FAILED TO COMPREHEND. HE REMEMBERED THAT OLD LADY IN HIS VILLAGE WHO LAUGHS WHILE TEARS FLOWS FROM HER EYE. SHE WAILS AND LAUGHS SIMULTANEOUSLY. THERE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN SOUND. SHE WAILS WHILE TALKING ABOUT HAPPINESS AND LAUGHS WHILE TALKING MISERY. LIFE HAS SEEN THOSE VERY CLOSELY. WE DO NOT KNOW WHEN MISERY STARTS. WE FAIL TO COMPREHEND WHEN THE HAPPINESS ENDS. THERE IS A CLOSE GAP DIFFICULT TO COMPREHEND.

SOUND IS IRRESISTIBLE. IT IS SOUND OF DRUM. IT IS PROUD AND UPRIGHT. IT CONVEYS MEANINGFUL PROUDLY ANNOUNCING HIS EXISTENCE. IT IS INVITING. IT IS CHALLENGING. SUDDENLY, JOHN BECAME AWARE. HE MUST GO. FOR A MOMENT HE WANTED TO FORGET THE ALL REMORSE OF LIFE.

FEELING OF YOUTH. FEELING OF A NAUGHTY BOY IN THE RIVER BANK ABOUT TO JUMP IN TO WHIRLING WATER IN TIP OF THE SPUR (RIVER TRAINING WORK).JOHN IS ALREADY INTO LABOUR COLONY, INTO THE DANCING YARD. DANCE OF JOY. DANCE OF TRIUMPH. DANCE OF FORGETTING EVERYTHING. IT IS NOW OR NOTHING. WHO CARES FOR PAST? WHO CARES FOR FUTURE? IT IS NOW. SOUND OF DRUM. ONE LEGGED JUMP DANCE WHILE BITING THE DRUM. JUMP HIGH. JUMP TO TOUCH THE MOON.

FOR A MOMENT, JOHN WAS HESITANT. IT IS FEAR OF FALL. BUT IT IS IRRESISTIBLE. SLOWLY ONE HAND DRAG HIM TO THE MID OF DANCE ARENA. HE IS SURROUNDED NOW. ALL ARE JUMPING AROUND HIM. GIGGLING SOUND OF LAUGHS AS CHURLISH AS WATER IN TIP OF SPUR. ROCKING SOUND OF DRUMS. FROM THE MARSHY LANDS SOUND OF HUNDREDS OF TOADS. IT IS BECOMING TEMPTING. JOHN IS ENACTING THAT ONE LEGGED JUMPING DANCE. HE HAS FORGOTTEN THE FEAR OF FALL. HE IS ENJOYING THE NOW. HE IS ENJOYING THE JOY OF TOGETHERNESS. HE IS ENJOYING JOY OF LAUGHS. JOY OF TRIUMPH. JOY OF FORGETTING EVERYTHING.