Boot Camp

Thudding footfalls, menacing looks
Torture under these jackboots
 All night long till the owl hoots
The camp is filled with restive youths

Restlessly, till day breaks
Crawling around camp like green snakes
So much hurry, at a great pace
To outrun another in the boot race

Recruits, we train at four tomorrow
And yet tonight a vigil will follow
If you don't have time enough,then borrow
If not, you'll leave through road one in sorrow

The task of graduating is like torture
Like slaves who will never have a future
For fifteen years I've been studying to graduate in architecture
But this boot camp has hindered my departure


The above poem titled' Boot Camp' is a poem that tries to portray the realities of the campus and higher education where everybody is struggling to win their fellows in the 'boot race'. The experience of campus is compared to a boot camp filled with torture.


The poem was written by Adebayo Caleb