something lies glowing          
          on the ocean floor...           
                                      
                        
                        
                                  
                                          
 on  the  ocean  floor,  a  dangerous and 
 caustic  and   sweet   sweet  thing,  it 
 glows,  it lures you closer. a creature! 
                                          
 it's almost otter-like,  but  like lava, 
 a  liquid shaped  like  a  living thing, 
 and when it raises an  arm, its  fingers 
 are dripping with fire. with  its  song, 
         it lures you closer yet.         
                                          
 it's  in a state of bliss! it's a flame, 
 lit by the  sun! and this pleasure is to 
      be shared, shared with others.      
                                          
 and  the  creatures  of  the  sea  creep 
 closer, hypnotized  and curious, and the 
 sludge extends a hand, and they take it, 
                                          
 writhing  with joy,  accepts  them  all. 
 they step inside, taking the shape of  a 
 squirming otter,  now  a stretching cat, 
  now almost humanoid. although suddenly  
 it all  liquifies completely, now just a 
 burning  puddle, lit not by the sun, but 
 by some internal fuel hostile  to  life.