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.