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‘I Try, I Really Do’

By
Lynda

Lynda writes from a prison in QLD.

For My Mum

Mum I wish you knew how much I care

And how much I miss you when you’re not there

If only you could see how very hard I try

To be the kind of daughter to never be seen to cry

I try, I try, I really do, to be the best I can

I try, I do, but things don’t work out the way I plan

I see in your eyes the way I seem to you

And I know that others see the same thing too

I try to change and become someone new

But I am who I am and you are you.

By Lynda

Special shout out to the mums with kids in jail ❤❤

For My Mum

Mum I wish you knew how much I care

And how much I miss you when you’re not there

If only you could see how very hard I try

To be the kind of daughter to never be seen to cry

I try, I try, I really do, to be the best I can

I try, I do, but things don’t work out the way I plan

I see in your eyes the way I seem to you

And I know that others see the same thing too

I try to change and become someone new

But I am who I am and you are you.

By Lynda

Special shout out to the mums with kids in jail ❤❤

This
letter
was originally printed in the
May 2026
edition of About Time.

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