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.