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.