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.