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.