Bathroom Inscriptions

Time tends to have an affect on things
Pictures fade and concrete cracks
But in a place where relief brings
There is a place where decay lacks
I've seen the writing on the walls
Etched by a knife or sharp object
Most are rude in bathroom stalls
But they last longer than you'd expect
Vandalism at a minute scale
Through the sands of time it prevails
A message written 20 years ago
Is as fresh as yesterday's prose
Engraved for eternity
For everyone to look and see
As juvenile as it seems
The thought captured at the scene
Dirty thoughts and dirty words
Etched on the wall yet never heard
Some are just plain absurd
As I read one more blurb
When there's a date inscribed in time
Like August 14th, 1979
The world can see just what was said
And what thoughts ran though their heads
The oldest ones they stick around
They bring a smile or a frown
On the throne with my pants down
Bathroom transcripts are abound