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.