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.