JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div>
    <span class="img">
        Image
    </span>
    <span class="text">
        Comments. These can be long or short, it doesn't matter the height of the comments. This is just one way to do it. There are others as well. This may not even be the best way.
    </span>
</div>

CSS

div .img {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 100px;
    background: red;
    vertical-align: top;
}

div .text {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 400px;
    background: blue;
}