Darlene De Beaulieu Poet Narrative

A Woman Saw The Empty Raft Floating Down the River part 2

The woman pondered
If what shwe has seen 
Of the empty raft
Was it really there? 

Where did the person go? 
As far as she knew
No one was missing
Yet the raft was empty
What happened here?

She has returned back
To the river bank 
Trying to figure out
What had happened here
She was looking closer

The raft was empty
No clues were seen there
She went on the land
Searching for clues
She spotted a jacket

The other shoe not found
She spotted a jacket
All found on the ground
There was no shelter
With no campfire

There were many clues
That did not make sense
No one was there to be seen
What happened here?
Clues told her nothing

What happened here?
Where is the missing per4son? 
No one reported missing
How did the shoe and jacket
get there?
A mystery unsolved

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Sotto Poet June 28, 2026 at 3:08 AM Dear Darlene, You captured the fundamental human urge to find answers and make sense of the baffling, even when they don't appear to be forthcoming, much like certain life tales never finish and remain ringing long after we've moved on. Good luck, Darlene De Beaulieu June 28, 2026 at 10:39 AM Hello Sotto, Thank you for this wonderful comment. Right so many mysteries have not been solved. I doubt if they ever will. Thank you. your friend, /Darlene/

Daniel Henry Rodgers June 16, 2026 at 8:20 AM Dear Darlene, reading both parts together, the mystery deepens in such a compelling way. I love how you let the woman’s concern grow step by step, the empty raft, the missing shoe, the jacket on the ground, each detail widening the sense of unease. You capture that very human instinct to search, to make sense of what doesn’t add up, even when the answers refuse to appear, as some stories in life stay open, echoing long after we walk away. Blessings, Daniel Darlene De Beaulieu June 16, 2026 at 10:07 AM Hello Daniel, I hjope all is well with you. some events that happens are not solved. Perhaps one day they will be. I love a mystery. blessings my friend. /Darlene/

Christine Watts June 16, 2026 at 3:09 AM Hi Darlene Well now you have to do a second poem and let us know what happened?? A good story Cheers Christine Darlene De Beaulieu June 16, 2026 at 10:10 AM Hello Christine Watt, Christine that was my second poem. Christine not all cases in life ar3e solved. they remain a mystery. No one knows what happened. She tie3d to solve the mystery herself, with no results. Hugs. /Darlene/

Andrea Dietrich June 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM I think there is a show called unsolved mysteries. This sure fits into that category. I am sure this is fictional and yet I bet something like it has happened sometime in this world Darlene De Beaulieu June 10, 2026 at 5:55 AM Hello Andrea, yes it is fictional. yes Andrea it could happen in the different part of the world. Hugs. /Darlene/

Evelyn Judy Buehler June 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM Your poem is intriguing, as all mysteries are, and the persson's eagerness to solve the mystery, certainly strikes a chord. Yet some mysteries are never solved. I enjoyed this captivating tale, Darlene. :) Darlene De Beaulieu June 10, 2026 at 5:57 AM Hello evelyn, yes Evelyn some mysteries are not solved. thank you for thjis wonderful comment. Hugs. /Darlene/

Arthur Vaso June 8, 2026 at 2:07 AM Sorry about that, it was me, that was one hell of a good bottle of wine, I fell in the river, and just walked home, all is good, but if you have my shoe, wouldn't mind that back! :) Loved this poem. Darlene De Beaulieu June 8, 2026 at 8:00 AM Hello Arthur, Oh, it was you that fell into the river! You should not have had that bottle of wine. Someone else has the shoe. Thank you for this wonderful comment. my friend. /Darlene/

Joseph P. DiMino June 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM Indeed, a mystery. If only empty rafts could talk, as the wind and the sea, language of their own, such stories to be enchantingly translated. Love a good mystery. Got me hooked here Darlene. Good one. Darlene De Beaulieu June 8, 2026 at 8:03 AM Hello Joe Dimino, If only an empty raft could talk,it would tell us how it happened. I love a mystery. thank you for this wonde4rful comment. Hugs. /Darlene/

Judy Ball June 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM What happened indeed. One would hope that the clothes were left on the raft and it drifted away while the owner was exploring somewhere. Takes investigating. I think I would report what I saw. Good piece. God Bless, JB Darlene De Beaulieu June 8, 2026 at 8:05 AM Hello Judy Ball, Yes she should of reporte3d what she had seen to the police instead of trying to solve it herself. Thaqnk you for this wonderful comment. Hugs. /Darlene/

Heidi Sands June 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM This is certainly a mystery unsolved leading to even more writing about it. Now I am wondering too. Hugs Darlene De Beaulieu June 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM Hello Heidi, Oh! More writing about it! I do not know. I left it unsolved because some tragic events are not solved. It I vgeet an idxea then I would do a w3rd part. Hugs. /Darlene/