...You took the title from a Poe poem? ...-thinking- you took the story itself... "From childhood's hour i have not been As others were--I have not seen As others saw--I could not bring My passions from a common spring." That, that and the next stanza, that's Zaire! The next stanza, that's Mary... And then.. "And the cloud that took the form (When the rest of heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view."

Nice!! I like the style, and I'd actually be interested in seeing more of Zaire's adventures.

:) CD