shes constantly in her head but everything is so clear

She cant see her legs in her memory of being in the fire. She doesn't know how to feel about this trauma she went through. When the speaker is reminiscing she is not sure if shes trapped in her head or if its a blessing she cant remember looking back.

I think its interesting that she compares the clouds to rising bread cooking. Maybe shes hungry

her family might have died in the fire.

he uses sweet and cold to describe it just like how it was cold of him to take the plums but it tasted so good and thats the sweet part about it

he ate more than one plum

he knew someone wanted it but he wanted to eat it

hes eating a summer fruit so maybe its summer

The last line gives you a feeling of hope and that your dreams are possible

he uses the smell instead of saying its like rotten meant sitting, that is significant in the text, a smell like that sticks with you. No matter how hard you work to get to the top you cant get there, and the feeling of that is depressing.

The author compares a delayed dream to a dried raisin, the smell of rotten meant. A delayed dream is being described as negative.

what happens to a dream deferred? Deferred is defined as putting a event off or to postpone.