JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<table>
<tr>
<td>*</td>
<td>This is a long text. It will wrap at some point. To prevent it go below the asterix I put it all in a table. The asterix is in a table cell. This text is in a table cell. So everybody is happy. Is there a table-less way of doing it?</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>*</td>
<td>And here is another text. It will wrap at some point. To prevent it go below the asterix I put it all in a table. The asterix is in a table cell. This text is in a table cell. So everybody is happy. Is there a table-less way of doing it?</td>
</tr>
</table>
CSS
td
{
vertical-align: top;
}