It's a wonder. I never thought myself to be short, exactly, but I wouldn't want to be 5'10" or taller. I like my height just as is. Unfortunately, at 16, I'm bound to grow a bit more.
The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller