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.