Hmm...
I'm kind of indecisive here. Although the melody and sound are beautifully heartbreaking, and it is very well done, something is missing...
Upon consideration, I believe you should try and put a few more instruments in.
I cannot deny that the song is well done.
Add strings
I think the soft part at the beginning is just a tad too long, and you could add strings in there, mostly violins. Also where the pitch climbs, put in trumpets or maybe French horns. Put in quiet bass strings at the end, with long steady notes. Maybe even make the piano a minor part. The melody is lovely, but I do see what you mean when you say that this could be expanded upon.
For real
See a doctor he'll give you some thing to take that melody away...
Why couldn't it have been special?
Although it's pretty decent, I will focus on the negative because I have urgent criticism.
It is proficient, but I am sick of the same mood in these piano ballads that shows a deep lack of imagination. You know what I mean, the kind of music that supposedly evokes a bittersweet tug at the heart strings, the kind of happiness that makes you cry...except that because it is done to death by every artist it looses its meaning. This is manipulative without being powerful, proficient without being creative or daring. It sounds pretty, but it sounds as if the progression of the chords and the mood are locked in to a stereotyped pattern. There are many devices, such as counterpoint, harmony, key changes, scales other than minor and major, and too many things to name which can be used to make music more unique. If you have not mastered tonal music theory and the techniques of composition, you will not be able to express the subtleties of emotion that you feel.
It does not have to be complicated or technical to express emotion, but if you analyze the truly good music it requires skill to compose the notes, chords, and most importantly the deviations from the cookie-cutter format that make it good. Somehow, I think this is not a question of talent but one of skill. Either you do not have skill at music theory or choose not to use it. Go use it or go learn it. I am being blunt because it saddens me when good intentions misdirected cause a loss of potential.
This touched me
On the ear.