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.