'...GET AWAY EVERYONE': Rayan Riener’s dark poetry manifesto of nonconformity

The work of artist Rayan Riener (Райан Ріенер) consistently stands out for its raw emotional edge and uncompromising sincerity. Her poetry, tagged with #AltPoetry, #Emo, and #DarkPoetry, acts as a postmodern scream against pretense and social hypocrisy.

A powerful example is the piece '...GET AWAY EVERYONE', originally dated 24/7/17, which has recently found new life through compelling audio-visual releases on her YouTube channel.

Literary Analysis: The Choice of Humanity

The poem is structured around a stark binary opposition: the speaker's preferred authenticity versus the deceit of the surrounding world. The lyrical voice explicitly chooses the path of painful but genuine truth: "I'd rather be honest; I'd cry sincerely, I'd rather scream the truth in my emotions."

Key themes and imagery include:

• Isolation and Confrontation. The speaker is isolated but uses "screaming the truth to the point of madness" to force a definitive separation, causing hypocrites to "flee with a smile on their faces, / Behind their backs - sharpening knives."
• Dark Imagery. The use of "drown in blood," "burn in your flame," and "crying behind masks, in your own darkness" firmly establishes the poem within the dark poetry genre. This imagery suggests a fierce, almost final judgment against the dishonest, highlighting the self-destructive nature of their lies.
• The Defining Moment. The final stanza, "I'd rather remain human than / drown in blood like you, in your own lies," and the concluding line, "I won't become another mistake," represent a definitive, resolute declaration of self-preservation and moral clarity.

The Audio-Visual Performance

The release of the poem's audio versions (such as '...GET AWAY ALL - Rayan Riener - ver 1') across YouTube Shorts and full videos on the Rayan Riener channel transforms the text into an emotional performance. The spoken word format heightens the intensity, allowing the audience to fully absorb the urgency and pain conveyed in the lines.

This dissemination strategy positions the work not just as literature, but as a contemporary art piece advocating for radical internal honesty and nonconformism.

...GET AWAY EVERYONE

I'd rather be honest;

I'd cry sincerely,

I'd rather scream the truth in my emotions;

I'd rather be... a human,

Scaring away insincere looks.

I'd shout the truth to the point of madness,

So that all those who were silent would flee With a smile on their face,

Behind their backs - sharpening knives.

Pain from the pain that hurts someone,

Get away all those who grin and curse.

You, burn in your flame...

...wiping knives, cry behind masks,

in your own darkness. I'd rather be honest:

I'd rather remain human than drown in blood like you, in your own lies.

How almost...

I won't become another mistake.

24/7/17

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