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.