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.