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.