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.