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.