Villanelle: REVISED

The In Between

Is there something between heaven and hell?
Or is it black and white- no middle grey?
A place for believers, but those who fell.

When the Catholic church rings its mighty bell.
Is St. Peter going to make us stay
In the region between heaven and hell?

The intense burden of a soul to sell,
of whether or not I will find my way-
A place for believers, but those who fell.

Purgatory is not an endless cell,
it won't require an eternal stay.
There is something between heaven and hell.

We have not fallen under Satan's spell,
God won't allow us to be in his play.
Believers will go, as will those who fell.

We have to believe that all will be well.
God will call us to be with Him someday.
We will go in between heaven and hell.
We will be believers, and those who fell.