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.