Yes, I agree with this. Everything that lasts requires hard work, and in the end, you will be glad you took the time to build something strong. Great work! I hope everything is getting better for you!

Some fences can't be mended. Hope you get to mend yours.
Keep writing, you write well.

I absolutely loved the structure that you managed to accomplish here.
Building up...stepping back..seeing the whole; I can really see that in just the shape of the poem.

I don't understand why you changed the order from "strong and grand" to "grander and stronger." Something about it seems a little strange.
Something about the word "durable" doesn't seem to fit. It seems too...material?

But I loved this. So very much. Short, sweet, and poignant. Well done.

This is a beautiful poem as well. The metaphor that you used is very clear and strong when it comes to representing your chosen subject. Plus you are just really good at poetry. You have some of the same qualities as some of the poets I have read in an anthology I have called "World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time."

beautiful sentiment, i hope you can do it!