The winter of returning to work, the blister on my foot had disappeared (Essay 4 - Winter)
Setting aside whether it is a good haiku or not.
I think it might be the type of haiku that requires an explanation.
In my own process of recovering from depression,
I aimed to become a walking master and went for many walks.
I think the importance of walking has been talked about recently.
Also,
There is something called the 'Rice Field Theory' for recovering from depression,
and according to this theory,
there are periods centered on walking and periods centered on psychotherapy.
I kept walking, and before I knew it, I had a blister on my foot.
※At this point, it had not been identified as a blister.
Because I had a blister on my foot and it wouldn't go away,
I thought it might be athlete's foot,
and I went to the hospital when I had returned to work and was working short hours.
I was told, 'This is a blister.'
Ah, I have walked that much,
and I felt a strange sensation that I had moved the stage of my recovery from depression to the company.
And, three months after returning to desk work,
the amount I walk has decreased.
During the time I want to take a break at night after work,
or on the mornings of weekends, just for a quick break, a morning walk for recovery from depression,
these days I don't even measure my step count.
The winter of returning to work, the blister on my foot had disappeared - Depression Spirituality
What about its evaluation as a haiku?
I feel that the background—that I got a blister on my foot from continuing to walk when my depression was severe, and that the days of desk work were days where the blister on my foot disappeared—is required for the appreciation of the haiku.
Rather than the evaluation of the haiku,
in the blister on my foot that disappeared before I knew it after returning to work,
I saw my long, long road to returning to work.
It's a lovely story,
and I wanted to remember that I had a blister on my foot and that it had disappeared before I knew it, so I made it into a haiku.
The winter of returning to work, wearing worn-out shoes
or,
a technical discussion on changing the focus,
it might be better in terms of haiku to describe the area around the blister on my foot,
and if I searched, perhaps I could find a more wonderful poem,
the fact that the blister had disappeared before I knew it is a major discovery for me today,
the stage of my recovery from depression,
from walks,
to moving into the real world, the fact that I could move it,
is a big step, so I chose this poem.
Poems aimed at evaluation and poems written for oneself, both are important.
The winter of returning to work, the blister on my foot was gone - Utsu-Spi
The blister on my foot disappeared,
and I transitioned to days of using my head; this is a poem to commemorate my return.
With love.
