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.