The Enigmatic Box

[Skribbblie]

Another poem. Again, I came up with this around midnight. With this one, I have a question for after you read it.

Many riches you may reap,
Or your silence you shall keep.
What lies within the box?
Will you live or will you die?
You'll only know if you try;
Try opening the box!
Act correctly and you shall win!
Take its riches with a grin!
You will get no second try,
Get it wrong, and your brains it will fry!
Will you open the box?
All I have is a simple riddle,
You'll just have to think a little.
It brings you joy when it is near,
Yet why it does so is not clear.
Though joy it brings, you must beware,
For your life it does not care.
It can kill you in a flash,
And leave your body smoldering ash.
Only these words will let you open the box.
It does not matter what you say,
You'll end up dead, either way.
Do not open the box.

So, would you or would you not open the box?

[V.I.R.O.S.]

I would offer the box to other people, with the riddle. If they died, a take the box and offer it to another. If they lived, I would claim the riches for myself. Excellent poem, by the way.

[elton]

I would not open it. Rather, Keep it. For myself. IN my coffin. So that others may not suffer such a horrible fate.

[ganondorfchampin]

I could live without opening the box. Would burning release what is inside?

[Skribbblie]

Satar, if you burn it, the world ends.
@ Clock: Wise and generous deed.

[ganondorfchampin]

I'd just bury it then.

[elton]

Hmm, unique option.