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.