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.