On the plains
forest deep
springwater wells up
fills a hollow
where Aurochs drank
So came our mothers and fathers
shooting arrows
flinging spears
to take abundant meat
Settling close by
they found a special magic
for flints taken from the waters
turned colour
to a wondrous
startling
Pink
And history began
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
………Blink Mead near Stonehenge appears to be the site where everything started. Algae in the waters nearby turns the surface of flints a truly shocking pink. It is strongly suggested that this is why the whole landscape of Sailsbury Plain became sacred, culminating in the biulding of Stonehenge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blick_Mead
…and an Auroch is a very large cow…. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurochs
