self-sufficient

i was taking a beach day 

but he borrowed my water bottle
"i need him to bring that back," 
i thought. 

i had resigned myself to dehydration, 

when i found a spare i had forgotten

tucked above the fridge

where is that book? i wonder. 

he was reading it, he had said. 
"i need him to bring that back,"

i thought. 

disappointed at my loss, i turned around

to a stack of unfinished books

laying on my coffee table.

walking out the door, i realized 

i had given him my mask, so he would be safe. 

"i need him to bring that back,"

i thought. 

loading up the car i found  

a spare i had been given, 

sitting on the backseat.

all these things i thought i needed

for a day at the beach. 

i guess i don't.