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.