Unfaltering Veneer

All of my surroundings
Shine like paint upon my skin
Concealing all the secrecy
That slumbers deep within

All the world ever sees
Is my unfaltering veneer
Yet beneath the dry exterior
Quite distant shores appear

Whether sunlight falls or star
I cannot seem to show
The truth that I conceal
The subtleties that flow

Underneath the dour shadow
That is blanketing the sky
Is the purest form of sunlight
That has breached the arrant high