A fallen soldier speaks from burial in a field of honor, reflecting that the living come to remember loved ones while he and those around him feel no honor in war. Young and restless, they were told serving was the right thing to do, as their grandfathers and fathers had done, but unlike earlier generations they returned home in boxes. He remembers wanting only to be home, yet his homecoming brought grief to those he loved, and as the years passed fewer visitors came, though those who still come arrive in tears and without smiles.