Blackbird - identity poem

Let them be as
Mockingbirds
With second-handed
Speech

I'd rather be a
Blackbird
With barriers to learn to
Breach

I'd rather see the subtle
Hypocrisy
Where they twitter mindlessly and
Haughtily

I'd rather have a dark, iridesent
Sheen
Where they flaunt and
Preen

Let them imitate
Blindly
Where I learned to
See

Let them perfect their fleeting
Beauty
Where I had to face that my feathers are
Sooty

So let them be as
Mockingbirds
With a glittering
Reputation

I'd rather be a
Black bird
With potential and
Anticipation