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.