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.