When a young, depressed writer, Tariq Phoenix becomes distraught with his career endeavors he soon becomes on the verge of suicide. He wants to be the exemplary example of the notion that `you`re nobody until somebody kills you`. Before he takes his own life, he decides to write a suicide note. It is not the typical suicide note. It is a compilation document called "Life Lines" which showcases his best literary pieces that touch on the issues of faith, religious commercialization, post-war syndrome, relationships, health awareness, and mis-education. As his best four short stories are compiled, we experience them in first-hand short films. The first short film, "Dog Tags", is story of the startling self-realization of Justin Stokes, a purple heart U.S. soldier returning home after serving four years in Iraq.