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.