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.