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.