Rough (for Joey)

Spying upon something 
be it rock
trinket or person 
its value seldom 
shows at surface 
and only a
curiously kind eye 
can ever see
beneath and wonder 
if this thing 
this very thing 
is a treasure 
or if it
which is often 
just a veneer
worthless except to
those who relish 
in cheap varnish